Court sets deadline for EPA to act on California, Arizona SIPs

A federal district court is ordering EPA to act on three state implementation plan (SIP) submittals by California and Arizona by early 2021, in response to a challenge by environmentalists who have filed numerous suits to compel EPA and states to implement rules to achieve national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). In a Feb. 19 order in Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), et al. v. Andrew E. Wheeler , Judge Edward Chen of the U.S. District Court for the Northern...