DECISION LEAVES HIGH COURT AS EPA'S LAST OPTION TO REVERSE NSR RULING

A federal appellate court has rejected EPA's petition to reconsider the court's ruling overturning a key Bush administration new source review (NSR) regulation, leaving the Supreme Court as the agency's last remaining option to reverse the ruling. The U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit June 30 denied EPA's petition to rehear the court's March 17 decision vacating EPA's regulation seeking to reduce NSR applicability when industrial facilities replace equipment, saying the rule violated congressional intent...