Coke Sector Seeks Stay Of EPA Air Toxics Rule, Citing Loper Precedent

Producers of coke used in steelmaking are asking the D.C. Circuit to stay EPA’s tightened air toxics rule for the sector, arguing the agency has failed to show its rule is “necessary” and ignored cost, feasibility and the absence of “residual” health risk to set its new requirements -- contravening congressional intent and recent high court precedent. American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute (ACCCI) and the Coke Oven Environmental Task Force (COETF) filed a Sept. 30 motion with the U.S...