D.C. Circuit places NSR 'netting' suit into abeyance

A federal appellate court has placed environmentalists' lawsuit against EPA's revised policy on new source review (NSR) emissions “netting” into abeyance, pending EPA's proposal of a rule that would allow project developers to weigh emissions decreases as well as increases when deciding what level of analysis is required in a permit application. In a July 13 order , the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit agreed to environmentalists' request to freeze proceedings in Environmental Defense Fund,...