EPA Urges Supreme Court To Deny CCR Stay Petition, Citing Lack Of Harm

EPA is urging that the Supreme Court reject a power co-op’s effort to stay implementation of the agency’s final rule governing “legacy” coal combustion residuals (CCR) surface impoundments and CCR management units (CCRMU) pending judicial review, arguing that petitioner has not shown irreparable harm and that the rule comports with the law. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar filed a Nov. 26 brief on behalf of EPA in the suit East Kentucky Power Cooperative (EKPC), Inc., v. EPA, et al. ,...