Court gives EPA 90 days for decisions on PM SIPs

A federal court is giving EPA 90 days to issue final decisions on whether several states have failed to satisfy Clean Air Act requirements for crafting complete state implementation plans (SIPs) detailing the particulate matter (PM) reduction measures they will use to comply with federal air quality standards. In its Sept. 18 ruling in Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), et al. v. EPA , the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California gives EPA 90 days from the...