EPA Says States Lack Legal Standing For Role In Ozone NAAQS Challenge

July 18, 2017
EPA and groups representing several major industries are opposing a request by Democratic-led states to intervene in litigation over the Obama-era rule tightening federal ozone standard in order to defend the measure, with the agency and others saying the request is untimely and EPA also claiming the states lack legal standing to join the suit. The Democratic-led states argued that they need to intervene in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit suit and fight industry...


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