EPA Seeks To Dismiss Chevron Appeal Against Offshore Air Permit Policy

EPA is seeking to dismiss Chevron’s appeal of what the company says is a policy requiring broad air permit review of offshore oil platform decommissioning near the California coast, arguing that its reversal of an earlier Trump waiver of air permitting is not “final action,” but also defending its more-expansive view of Clean Air Act requirements. The agency’s handling of the permit policy could impact several pending offshore projects, such as wind farms, which would require outer continental shelf (OCS)...