D.C. Circuit Scraps Pruitt's Delay Of Obama RMP Rule As 'Mockery' Of Law

Appellate judges have scrapped former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's rule delaying by almost two years implementation of Obama-era facility safety requirements after finding the delay made a “mockery” of Clean Air Act mandates, the latest in a string of legal losses for the agency in suits filed over Pruitt delays of Obama EPA policies. The Aug. 17 ruling by two judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit says the delay rule violated a Clean...