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Court rejects petition to stop gas-fired plant in Sevier Co.

Posted at 10:06 AM, Oct 31, 2014
and last updated 2014-10-31 12:06:24-04

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Court of Appeals has rejected a citizen group’s efforts to intervene in plans for a gas-fired power plant in Sevier County.

In a ruling handed down Thursday, the appeals court says Sevier Citizens for Clean Air & Water did not file the appropriate petition with the Utah Department of Environmental Quality to intervene in the permit approval process for Sevier Power’s new plant.

Read the ruling here:

Sevier Power is planning to build a natural gas-fired plant about eight miles north of Richfield.