8th Circuit Denies GOP States, Industry Requests To Stay Power Plant ELG

A federal appeals court is denying Republican states and power sector groups’ request to stay EPA’s final rule setting effluent limitations guidelines (ELGs) for coal-fired power plants, the latest in a series of rulings from the Supreme Court and other courts denying critics’ requests to stay recent agency rules for the sector. In an Oct. 10 order , the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit without comment denied petitioners’ motion in Southwestern Electric Power (SWEP) Co., et al....