Judges See Industry's Legal Standing As Hurdle For EPA CCS Waiver Suit

Appellate judges at March 26 oral arguments indicated they have doubts over the energy industry's legal standing to sue over EPA's waiver excluding carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) injections from hazardous waste law mandates, though at least one judge appeared to be trying to identify ways to overcome the standing hurdle. Should the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit eventually find that the energy groups in Carbon Sequestration Council (CSC), et al. v. EPA have standing,...