D.C. Circuit quickly rejects EPA bid to rehear Maryland ozone suit

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has quickly rejected EPA’s petition to rehear Maryland and Delaware’s lawsuit seeking emissions cuts from out-of-state air pollution sources, just days after the agency argued that a three-judge panel had erred in the case by misconstruing a prior ruling. In a brief July 9 order , the court without explanation denies EPA’s July 6 petition for panel rehearing of its May 19 ruling in State of Maryland v. EPA...