Appellate Judges Question Industry Bid For Stay Of EPA's PVC MACT Rule

November 20, 2014
Appellate judges at Nov. 19 oral arguments raised questions over industry's request for the court to stay EPA's air toxics rule for the polyvinyl chloride (PVC) production sector while the agency reconsiders parts of the rule, asking whether industry has met the high legal bar to justify a stay pending the updated rulemaking. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in an earlier motion during briefing in litigation over the PVC maximum achievable control technology (MACT)...


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