EPA Seeks Rehearing Of Venue Ruling In West Virginia Ozone Plan Suit

EPA is seeking en banc review of an appellate panel ruling that blocked the agency from moving West Virginia’s litigation over its denial of the state’s interstate ozone plan to the District of Columbia Circuit, making arguments that directly contradict those of other states and industry groups now appealing the venue issue to the Supreme Court. In its March 29 petition for rehearing en banc , EPA asks the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit to review...