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Court1 v V y Of PFC Rule Complicates U S Adoption Of Global Limits
The recent ruling vacating Obama EPA limits on hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) could further hamper the United States' ability to implement an international deal struck last year to phase down the potent greenhouse gas refrigerants, a blow to environmentalist and industry supporters who already face a high bar convincing the Trump administration and the GOP Congress to back the deal.
EPA Critics Fight Agency's Request To Dismiss Ozone NAAQS Delay Suit
Public health and environmental groups are fighting EPA's request for a federal appeals court to dismiss the groups' legal challenge to the agency's now-withdrawn plan to delay by one year designations for which areas are meeting the 2015 ozone standard, with the groups saying dismissal risks EPA putting the plan "back into place."
States Say EPA's Court Loss Proves Methane ULAS Delay Proposals Unlawful
A coalition of state attorneys general (AG) is charging EPA's proposed two-year delay of Obama-era methane limits for new oil and gas drilling operations is "blatantly unlawful" because it suffers from the same "fatal defect" as the agency's 90-day administrative stay of the standards recently vacated by a federal appellate court.
In Pending Suit, EPA, Environmentalists Spar Over Lead Dust Rule's Status
Environmental, community and health groups are citing EPA's recent move to reclassify a rulemaking to update lead dust hazard standards as "inactive" to bolster their legal argument that a federal appellate court should compel EPA to move forward on updating the standards -- but EPA says the change is "semantic" and does not affect the lawsuit.
District Court Urged To Keep I ' tt Crv kp r} (Jrv Stormw r id rnit^
Environmentalists are urging a federal district court in Maryland to allow their suit seeking broader Clean Water Act (CWA) permit mandates for stormwater to move
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forward, countering EPA's argument that only appellate judges can review the issue - paralleling a Supreme Court fight on the correct venue for suits over EPA's CWA jurisdiction rule.
Environmentalists File First Smr fw r 1 SGft Prioritization, Review Rules
Several environmental groups have filed multiple suits over two of EPA's initial rules for implementing the revised Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), pursuing challenges in several federal appellate courts claiming that the regulations violate the provisions of the updated toxics law and the Administrative Procedure Act. Daily Feed
The federal court rejected all three of Monsanto's arguments for asserting jurisdiction.
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The D.C. Circuit will hear oral argument Oct. 5 in a suit testing EPA's power to extend the time that states have to meet federal air standards.
EPi f o CSAPR suit delay but opposes state rt
The agency says it should not have to file status reports with a federal appeals court on its process for reviewing the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule update.
Ewire: Pruitt's secrecy draws criticism - e /en from his friends
In today's Ewire: EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt appears to be doing much of his work under a cloak of secrecy. Plus: California Republicans take heat for backing cap-andtrade extension.
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Competing Clean Water Act cases will again test the situations when the power industry can bring environmental groups to court over claims of illegal discharging.
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