Critics Ask Justices To Keep ‘Good Neighbor’ SIP Suits In Regional Courts

Utah and Oklahoma, as well as a coalition of local industry groups, are separately petitioning the Supreme Court to settle an appellate split over the appropriate venue for suits challenging EPA’s disapproval of state ozone plans, arguing venue is proper only in regional courts, in a move with serious implications for EPA’s Good Neighbor Plan (GNP) rule, and litigation over state air plans in general. In petitions for certiorari filed with the high court March 28, the parties seek...