Court Stays Air Toxics Deadline As It Weighs Denka’s Novel Extension Bid

Over EPA’s objections, a federal appellate court has granted a request from Denka Performance Elastomer (DPE) for an emergency stay of the agency’s 90-day deadline for the company to meet strict new chloroprene emission limits at its neoprene plant while it weighs a novel two-year deadline extension granted by Louisiana. In a July 31 unpublished order , a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit unanimously granted the company’s request to stay the 90-day compliance...