ENVIRONMENTALISTS SEEK TO BROADEN SWEEPING CLEAN AIR PERMIT RULING

February 9, 2006
Environmentalists are seeking to extend a potentially sweeping precedent set by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit that could require industry to resolve alleged Clean Air Act deficiencies as part of their federal air permits. Environmentalists on Jan. 25 filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit objecting to EPA's approval of a Title V operating permit -- an umbrella permit that contains all federal clean air requirements -- for a Georgia...


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