Industry Asks For 18-Month Stay Of Invalidated Comparable Fuels Rule

Despite opposition from environmentalists, the chemical industry is urging a federal appellate court to delay by 18 months the effect of a ruling that invalidated EPA's comparable fuels rule, contending the agency's proposed six-month delay fails to recognize "daunting challenges" facing facilities that have relied on the rule to burn certain waste material for fuel for more than 15 years. At the same time, environmentalists, in a response to the stay requests, contend the court should make effective now its...