Novel Ruling Extends EPA Deference To State Implementing Clean Air Act

A federal district court judge has issued a novel ruling extending to Utah the deference that courts often give EPA on interpreting the Clean Air Act, potentially setting a new more-expansive marker on the authority that judges could give states as EPA increasingly seeks to delegate implementation of environmental laws to states. The Sept. 15 ruling by District Judge Clark Waddoups, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, says judges should apply at least “some deference” to...