D.C. Circuit Judges Doubt Case Seeking More Public Input On Air Monitors

Appellate judges at Dec. 10 oral argument appeared to doubt the merits of a Sierra Club lawsuit that aims to force EPA to increase opportunities for public input on states' air quality monitoring plans, questioning the group's claim that a recent agency emissions monitoring policy revision weakened public input rather than strengthening it. In particular, Judge Stephen Williams of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit doubted Sierra Club's claim that EPA weakened air monitoring requirements...