Court Stalls Hearing To Allow EPA To Rework CSAPR Program ‘Close-Out’

Updated at 6:10pm EST: A federal appellate court panel has granted EPA’s request to postpone oral argument over the agency’s “close-out” of the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) emissions trading program, previously scheduled for Sept. 20, after a three-judge panel ruled in a separate case to require the program ensure timely attainment of air quality standards. In a Sept. 18 per curiam order , a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of...