Suit Adds To Challenges Over EPA's Raised Bar For Air Permit Objections

Environmentalists are suing EPA to overturn the agency's denial of their petition objecting to a Clean Air Act Title V operating permit for an Exxon petrochemical facility, a new legal battle over the Trump administration's revised policy of no longer objecting to such “umbrella” permits based on alleged defects in underlying permits. After a state issues an air permit under delegated authority from EPA, environmental organizations and other third parties can then petition the agency to object to the permit...