Judges Appear Doubtful Of EPA Claims In Delay Of California PM Attainment

Judges on a 9th Circuit panel appeared doubtful about some of EPA’s arguments in a case challenging the agency’s approval of a one-year extension of an attainment deadline for California’s San Joaquin Valley to meet a 1997 fine particulate matter (PM2.5) standard, and indicated they could remand issues back to EPA that may prevent such extensions in the future. During Nov. 19 oral arguments in Little Manila Rising, et al. v. EPA, et al. , a three-judge panel of the...