D.C. Circuit Remands Air Toxics 'Completion' Finding For EPA Justification

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in a unanimous July 18 ruling has remanded EPA's final rule declaring that it has met a Clean Air Act mandate to regulate 90 percent of sources of seven air toxics, agreeing with environmentalists that the agency needs to better justify its explanation for the rule. The opinion , written by Senior Circuit Judge David Sentelle, says EPA's finding failed to adequately address comments filed by environmentalists criticizing the...