D.C. Circuit Orders Suit Over 2015 Ozone NAAQS To Resume Next Month

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is ordering delayed litigation over the Obama EPA's 2015 ozone standard to resume Aug. 1, the same date that the Trump administration has told the court on which it will decide whether to formally reconsider the agency's decision to tighten the standard from the prior 2008 limit.An unsigned July 3 order from the D.C. Circuit panel of Judges Thomas B. Griffith, Nina Pillard and Robert L. Wilkins says the consolidated litigation over the 2015 standard, Murray Energy, et ah, v. EPA, will have its abeyance formally lifted at the start of next month, with an Aug. 22 deadline for the various parties to file motions on the schedule going forward - including long-delayed oral argument if EPA does decide to preserve the 2015 rule. The order is available on InsideEPA.com. (Doc. ID: 213247)The Obama EPA in October 2015 tightened the ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) to 70 parts per billion (ppb), down from the 2008 limit of 75 ppb, drawing immediate legal challenges from industry and GOP-led states.