Environmental ruling
The US DC Circuit Court of Appeals Friday rejected (pdf) a Bush administration interpretation of EPA requirements that weakened the EPA’s ability to monitor air pollution from industrial sources. The appeals court held that a 2004 EPA settlement with several utility and industry groups ran afoul of previous EPA interpretations of the 2002 Clean Air Act. The current lawsuit, brought by several environmental protection organizations, asserts that the regulations as interpreted by the settlement violate the notice-and-comment requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act by limiting public discussion of monitoring requirements before they are implemented by the EPA and state authorities. AP has more.
