EPA Denial Of Turbine Air Toxics Petition ‘With Prejudice’ Bars Repeat Effort

EPA’s recent decision to deny “with prejudice” a longstanding industry petition to “delist” stationary combustion turbines as a regulated source of air toxics under the Clean Air Act appears to foreclose any near-term industry effort to again push for such a step, raising the bar for future deregulatory efforts in the sector and potentially setting a precedent for other petition responses. In its April 16 denial of the petition, the agency says it is “denying the petition with prejudice and...