EPA Warns Looming Deadline For Boiler Air Rule May Aid Legal Challenges

EPA is urging a key federal district court to reject Sierra Club's request to keep in place a Jan.16 legal deadline for issuing strict air toxics rules for industrial boilers and waste and sewage sludge incinerators, saying that issuing the rules this month would be contrary to the public interest because the rules would be unlikely to survive a legal challenge. EPA in a Jan. 3 filing with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia reiterates its request...