EPA Defends Principle Of ‘Modular’ Interstate Air Rules In GNP Remand

EPA’s defense of the “modular” structure of its stayed Good Neighbor Plan (GNP) interstate air rule in response to Supreme Court criticism aims to protect a method of regulation that faces doubtful immediate prospects under the incoming Trump administration, but might be revived by a future administration should it survive judicial review. In its Dec. 3 notice , which is slated for publication in the Federal Register Dec. 10, the agency attempts to answer accusations from the high court...