Alabama Seeks Order Forcing EPA Action On CCR Permit Program Petition

The state of Alabama is urging a federal district court to issue an order compelling EPA to decide on the state’s application to operate its own coal combustion residuals (CCR) permitting program, a petition the agency has already proposed to deny and has pledged to release in final form next week. Alabama filed a May 6 motion for summary judgment in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in the suit Marshall, et al., v. EPA, et al....