Ruling Rejecting Kansas SIP Suit Gives Few Hints On Fate Of CSAPR Plans

A federal appeals court has rejected Kansas' suit over EPA's rejection of its “good neighbor” state implementation plan (SIP) to curb interstate air pollution that the agency replaced with its Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), but the ruling offers few hints on how the court might rule on suits over dozens of other vetoed SIPs. In a unanimous unpublished judgment issued May 26, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit says that...