Texas sues EPA over PM plan denial, SO2 nonattainment

Texas is suing EPA over a Biden-era disapproval of the state’s air quality plan for meeting federal particulate matter (PM) limits and its finding that counties in the state failed to meet sulfur dioxide (SO2) limits, in litigation that will challenge Biden EPA policy on waivers for periods of plant startup, shutdown and malfunction (SSM). In one suit filed Feb. 20 with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, the state challenges EPA’s Dec. 20 final rule that...