Suits Over EPA SSM 'SIP Call' Unlikely To Reach High Court, Attorney Says

Litigation challenging EPA's rule forcing states to scrap provisions in their air quality plans exempting some facility emissions from Clean Air Act limits during startup, shutdown and malfunction (SSM) periods is unlikely to reach the Supreme Court as the justices have already heard several other major air cases, says an industry attorney. Within the past few years the high court has reviewed three major lawsuits over EPA air rules including its power plant air toxics standard and greenhouse gas (GHG)...