California, environmentalists defend suit over scrapped ‘once in’ air policy

February 12, 2019
California and environmentalists are seeking to preserve their lawsuit challenging EPA’s memo scrapping a longstanding policy that held air toxics sources cannot escape strict Clean Air Act regulation as “major sources,” arguing that the memo amounts to “a binding final action” subject to judicial review. In the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit suit California Communities Against Toxics, et al. v. EPA, et al. , California and environmental groups are contesting EPA air chief Bill Wehrum’s...


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