EPA Faces Lawsuit Notice Regarding Long-Stalled GHG NAAQS Petition

Environmental groups, now joined by two states and a tribe, are giving EPA 180 days’ notice that they will file suit to force EPA to respond to a 2009 petition seeking a national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) for greenhouse gases, after the Biden EPA has not acted on the petition even after withdrawing Trump officials’ 11th-hour denial. The Oct. 30 notice of intent (NOI) to sue claims EPA has unreasonably delayed responding to the December 2009 petition to establish...