Judges Give Few Hints On Fate Of Suit Seeking ‘Missing’ Air Toxics Rules

December 4, 2019
Appellate judges at Dec. 4 oral argument gave few hints on how they might rule in environmentalists’ lawsuit aiming to force EPA to add previously unregulated pollutants to existing air toxics rules for industry sectors when the agency conducts Clean Air Act-mandated reviews of the regulations. Judge Nina Pillard of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit was the only member of the three-judge panel that heard the case to give any indication of how she...


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