More opposition emerges to NRECA subbing for UARG in court

Environmental groups are opposing a request by the National Rural Electric Cooperative (NRECA) to substitute itself for the disbanded Utility Air Regulatory Group (UARG) in a lawsuit over EPA’s denial of Maryland’s request to address upwind sources of pollution, arguing that the co-op group fails to meet legal substitution requirements. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Environmental Integrity Project, Environmental Defense Fund and others argue in a July 25 filing in State of Maryland v. EPA, in the U.S. Court of...