Three Suits Test Scope Of EPA Authority To Administratively Stay Rules

Three lawsuits in which environmentalists are challenging EPA administrative delays of Obama-era regulations are likely to provide the first legal tests of the agency's authority to stay its rules using administrative tools -- as EPA's use of the statutes has little prior legal precedent and could be legally risky . In the months since EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt took office, he has issued administrative stays of a host of Obama-era rules, either in full or in part, while the agency...