9th Circuit To Hear Suit Over Approval Of California SIP ‘Contingency’ Rules

The 9th Circuit is slated to hear oral arguments in environmentalists’ challenge to EPA’s approval of three “contingency measures” in a state implementation plan (SIP) to bring California’s San Joaquin Valley into attainment of federal soot standards, a case that may provide a key precedent on EPA’s controversial policy for such backstop rules. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit is scheduled to hear arguments in the case -- Committee for a Better Arvin,...