Industry coalition attacks EPA regional consistency policy

A coalition of industry groups in a new legal filing is attacking EPA's policy that says regions do not have to adhere to adverse court rulings if they are located outside of the federal appellate circuit that issued the decision, with the groups saying the policy ignores Clean Air Act requirements for consistency across its regional offices. The National Environmental Development Association's Clean Air Project (NEDA/CAP), American Petroleum Institute and Air Permitting Forum in their Dec. 18 brief to the...