Groups Detail Arguments To Block EPA Delay Of Valley PM Attainment Date

Several environmental and equity groups are detailing arguments to the 9th Circuit to block EPA’s approval of a one-year deadline extension for California’s San Joaquin Valley area to attain a 1997 annual fine particulate matter (PM2.5) standard. “The Court does not defer to EPA's interpretation when the Rule's plain language, structure, and history unambiguously prohibit the one-year extension,” states a Feb. 7 opening brief by the groups in Little Manila Rising, et al. v. EPA, et al . in the...