EPA, Eastern States Defend ‘Severability’ Of GNP After High Court Stay

August 22, 2024
EPA and a group of mainly East Coast states are underscoring the continued viability of the Good Neighbor Plan (GNP) interstate ozone rule even after the Supreme Court stayed it over concerns that lower courts’ actions freezing implementation in many states rendered the program unworkable, as EPA maintains states’ obligations are “severable.” In final merits briefs submitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Aug. 22 in State of Utah, et al. v. EPA, et...


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