States Cite ESPS Stay In Bid For Supreme Court To Halt EPA Utility MACT

A coalition of 20 states is urging the Supreme Court to stay implementation of EPA's utility air toxics rule, citing the high court's recent decision to halt the agency's greenhouse gas (GHG) rule for existing power plants and highlighting concerns about federal appellate rulings that remand litigated rules to EPA but leave them in place during remand. One environmentalist, however, notes that the high court could have vacated the air toxics rule when it heard litigation over the policy last...