Citizens Against Pollution v. Ohio Power Company d/b/a American Electric Power Company

Our lawsuit on behalf of 82 Ohio residents forced American Electric Power Company (AEP), the nation’s largest electric utility, to reduce the amount of sulfuric acid mist it emits from the 830-foot-high smokestacks at its largest coal-fired power plant, the Gen. James A. Gavin Power Plant in Cheshire, Ohio.

District court decisions on summary judgment motions may be viewed below.

Case Documents

Signed Consent decree

settling case; requires American Electric Power Plant to reduce the amount of sulfuric acid emitted from the coal-fired Gavin Power Plant in Cheshire, Ohio. (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, No. CV-0371, December 7, 2006)

Court decision

denying cross-motions for summary judgment on CAP's CERCLA/EPCRA reporting claims. (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, No. CV-0371, July 20, 2006)

Court decision

denying cross-motions for summary judgment on CAP's CERCLA/EPCRA reporting claims. (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, No. CV-0371, July 20, 2006)

Court order

Court order certifying a class of some 140 protestors arrested outside the "no protest zone," and granting Rule 54(b) final judgment for plaintiffs arrested inside the "no protest zone."

Our lawsuit

on behalf of 82 Ohio residents to force American Electric Power Company (AEP), the nation’s largest electric utility, to reduce the amount of sulfuric acid mist it emits from the 830-foot-high smokestacks at its largest coal-fired power plant, the Gen. James A. Gavin Power Plant in Cheshire, Ohio. (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio in Columbus, No. 03-___, May 12, 2004)