D.C. Circuit Dismisses Suit Over EPA Offshore Air Permit, Ducking Precedent

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has dismissed oil company Chevron’s challenge to EPA determinations regarding the need for air permits at defunct offshore oil platforms, confining any eventual merits ruling to the 9th Circuit and avoiding a national precedent on such permitting amid a boom in offshore projects. In an Aug. 8 ruling and opinion , the court finds that Chevron’s suit belongs in the regional court, because the EPA decision at issue is...