D.C. Circuit Rejects Obama-Era Policy For Revoking Older Ozone NAAQS

February 16, 2018
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has largely ruled against the Obama EPA's policy for revoking outdated federal ozone standards, requiring changes to the agency's approach for removing old standards and setting new requirements for how the agency will implement the 2015 ozone limit. In its unanimous Feb. 16 ruling in the consolidated case South Coast Air Quality Management District, et al. v. EPA, et al. , the court vacates numerous aspects of the Obama...


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