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Wildlife Service concerning Florida's issuance of a permit for the 

 IMC fertilizer facility, which the Fish and Wildlife Service 

 alleged would violate the Class I increment for sulfur dioxide at 

 Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge (wilderness area) . in the 

 only adverse impact determination since the current administration 

 took office, the Department appealed Alaska's issuance of a permit 

 for a new coal-fired power plant next to Denali National Park. 



In several cases where the Department had made an adverse impact 

 determination, environmental groups have pursued the issues on 

 appeal with or without the Federal Land Manager. In one such case, 

 the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) obtained an important 

 decision from the Environmental Protection Agency's newly 

 established Environmental Appeals Board, remanding to Virginia the 

 permit issued to Hadson Power Company for the Buena Vista power 

 project. 



The Department has negotiated several agreements to resolve its 

 concerns about PSD permits. Given the States' disagreements with 

 the Federal Land Manager's adverse impact determinations, 

 negotiated agreements appear to provide an opportunity at the 

 present time for the Federal Land Manager to secure from the 

 proposed major source superior control technology, emission 

 offsets, and post-construction research and monitoring. In certain 

 cases, such as the AES-Warrior Run Cogeneration Plant in Maryland, 

 the Department and the permit applicant worked together 



