In Maryland air pollution lawsuit against EPA, 19 power plants named

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BY JULIE DEPENBROCK | CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday for neglecting a petition from the state's Department of the Environment that asked the EPA to enforce pollution limits on 19 coal-fired power plants (identified below) in five states upwind of Maryland -- West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Indiana.

Source: Maryland Dept. of the Environment, U.S. Energy Information Administration