D.C. Circuit Judges Ask Tough Questions In Suit Over EPA CSAPR Update

A three-judge appellate panel at Oct. 3 oral argument asked tough questions of all sides in litigation over the Obama EPA's “update” to its Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), including what authority the agency has to craft interstate air pollution rules that fail to guarantee states will attain federal air standards by statutory deadlines. U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Judges Patricia Millett, Sri Srinivasan and Robert Wilkins heard more than three hours of argument in...