Texas, utility push 5th Circuit as venue for SO2 designations suit

September 1, 2017
Texas and electric utility Luminant are seeking to ensure arguments over EPA's designation of four areas in Texas as “nonattainment” for federal sulfur dioxide (SO2) national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) are heard in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, and not in the D.C. Circuit as EPA wants. The State of Texas and Luminant are challenging the four designations as part of a larger lawsuit , Samuel Masias, et al. v. EPA, et al ., that...


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