Court rejects EPA request to hear GNP arguments this year

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is rejecting EPA’s request to hold oral arguments on the legality of its ozone transport Good Neighbor Plan (GNP) this year, after the Supreme Court blocked the agency from implementing the rule during the litigation. The court in a July 30 per curiam order in State of Utah, et al. v. EPA, et al ., denied EPA’s request to hear arguments in the case in 2024. It also rejected...