Appellate Panel Appears Split Over Challenge To First Biomass GHG Permit

July 21, 2016
The three-judge appellate court panel hearing a first-time challenge to an EPA-issued prevention of significant deterioration (PSD) permit with greenhouse gas limits for a biomass-burning facility appeared split over environmentalists' claims that the permit's GHG controls are unlawful. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit heard July 19 arguments in the case, Helping Hand Tools, et al. v. U.S. EPA, et al. , which challenges the best available control technology (BACT) analysis and PSD permit limits set by...


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