D.C. Circuit Again Grants Bid To Quickly Implement EPA Facility Safety Rule

September 21, 2018
Appellate court judges have again granted environmentalists' request to force quick implementation of an Obama-era rule tightening facility safety requirements, expediting its ruling that struck down a Trump administration effort to delay the rule's effectiveness by almost two years while the agency considers whether to undo the stricter mandates. In a pair of Sept. 21 filings , two judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit grant the novel request by critics of the delay...


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