Supreme Court Weighs Major Legal Battles Over EPA's Air, Water Policies

January 2, 2015
The Supreme Court is weighing major legal battles over significant EPA air and water policies this year, including its upcoming oral arguments in a case challenging the agency's utility air toxics rule; whether to grant review of a suit over Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction findings; and a pending decision on agencies' flexibility to reinterpret rules. The justices' eventual rulings in the cases could, depending on how they decide, set important new precedents on EPA's approach to rulemaking and enforcement,...


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