Activists Say EPA Bid To Stall Boiler MACT Limits Impact Of Court Deadlines

The Sierra Club is urging a federal court to deny EPA's request for a 15-month delay to a court-ordered January deadline for issuing a strict air toxics rule for boilers, warning that approving the delay would undermine future court-ordered deadlines by not requiring EPA to prove that meeting such dates is "impossible." The deadline for issuing the final boiler maximum achievable control technology (MACT) rule was Jan. 16, but a federal judge Jan. 10 decided to defer the court's decision...