D.C. Circuit Slated To Hear PM NAAQS Test Case, But May Not Reach Ruling

A D.C. Circuit panel will hear oral argument Dec. 16 in a landmark case that will test EPA’s authority to reconsider particular matter (PM) and other air quality standards as well as whether the agency must consider costs in such cases, though the panel is unlikely to rule as the incoming Trump administration will likely reverse the tougher standard. Judges Patricia Millett, J. Michelle Childs and Senior Judge Douglas Ginsburg, appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C...