In our spotlight on business report tonight, the Newark community is furious over the Payic Valley Sewage Commission's decision to move forward with a new power plant in the Ironbound section despite years of opposition from community leaders, environmental advocates, and several legislative leaders in the state.

The PVSC board voted a month ago to approve the new power plant.

Well, one organization responded swiftly.

Earth Justice on behalf of the Ironbound Community Corporation filed a lawsuit yesterday.

their claim that the power plant will only further pollute an area of Newark already overburdened with pollution from nearby smoke stacks, diesel truck traffic, and existing power plants.

They charged that PBSC never considered community feedback from countless public hearings.

That it failed to consider alternatives to the power plant and failed to engage in reasoned decision-making.

The filing also references the state's environmental justice law passed several years ago that was written to protect overburdened communities from additional environmental hazards.

The case was filed in superior court in Essex County.

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