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EPA Faces Uncertain Prospects In Any Appeal Of Methane NSPS Stay Ruling

July 20, 2017
A potential EPA appeal of the ruling striking down its 90-day stay of Obama-era methane standards for new oil and gas operations could focus on a novel argument supported by a dissenting judge that courts lack authority to review such stays, but observers say that even if courts back that claim it might not impact related suits over other paused rules. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in a split July...


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