Bowline is a 1200 megawatt oil-fired power plant located in Haverstraw, New York, formerly owned by Orange and Rockland and recently purchased by Mirant. Bowline was one of the three plants in included in the Hudson River Settlement Agreement (HRSA).

As a Result of Riverkeeper's Lawsuits, DEC Is Issuing New Permits for Four Existing Power Plants on the Hudson River, Including Bowline

HISTORY
Compelling State Review of SPDES Permits
After a decade of bureaucratic delay, we won the opportunity to compel four once-through cooled Hudson River power plants to modernize their antiquated intakes, which collectively withdraw one trillion gallons per year. These facilities (Indian Point, Roseton, Bowline, and Danskammer) operate on SPDES permits which expired in 1992. In November 2002, Riverkeeper led a coalition in filing a lawsuit to force DEC to reconsider the permits. With our assistance, Assemblyman Richard Brodsky and others brought a similar petition over Indian Point. Together, these suits prompted the State to commit to reconsider the four permits in 2003. The adjudicatory hearings on these draft permits, the first since the late 1970s, will determine the fate of the fishery for the foreseeable future and set national precedent on cooling technology and fisheries population modeling.

As a result of Riverkeeper's lawsuits, DEC issued new draft permits for four existing power plants on the Hudson River, including Bowline on November 12, 2003.