COURT NARROWS PRECEDENT-SETTING DECISION 'VACATING' CLEAN AIR RULE

A federal appellate court has narrowed its landmark decision that vacated an EPA air rule it considered unlawful, rather than allowing it to remain in place while the agency revises it, in a ruling rejecting a Bush administration request to reconsider the case. The ruling, which backs an industry challenge to an EPA-approved list of alternatives to an ozone-depleting chemical, allows courts to decide whether rejected rules can remain in place while the agency revises them. The decision may quell...