Monday, January 02, 2012

Court delays EPA rules on interstate air pollution

A federal court in Washington has delayed implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency's rules on interstate air pollution, which were supposed to take effect yesterday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled Friday, Dec. 30, on "a request by electric power producers and other challengers to delay the deadline for plants in 27 states to begin reducing emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide while the court considers the rule’s legality," Tom Schoenberg of Bloomberg Business Week reported.

"More than three dozen lawsuits in the Washington court seek to derail the EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, which was issued in July and revised in October," Schoenberg wrote. "The court hasn’t scheduled a date for argument, though today’s order suggested the judges would hear the case by April." (Read more

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