Industry Wins 8th Circuit Venue For Suits Over EPA’s Power Plant ELG

A federal judicial panel has selected the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit to hear consolidated suits over EPA’s rule tightening effluent limitation guidelines (ELG) for coal-fired power plants -- an early win for industry groups that sought review of the ELG there. The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL) “has randomly selected the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in which to consolidate” petitions for review of the new ELG, reads a June 14...