Democratic state attorneys general (AGs) that are suing over EPA's controversial COVID-19 enforcement discretion policy that critics fear will allow excess pollution and other agency rule violations are asking a federal district court to grant a preliminary injunction that would prevent entities from relying on the policy during the legal challenges.Led by New York, a coalition of nine AGs filed a June 8 motion for a preliminary injunction along with a memorandum of law underlying their request and a proposed order for Judge Colleen McMahon of the U.S. District Court for the Southern Direct of New York to sign in the case, State of New York, et al. v. EPA, et al., in order to block any companies from taking advantage of the policy.They are targeting EPA's March policy that said the agency does not intend to enforce against COVID-related monitoring and reporting violations, without any requirement for EPA to review those determinations before or after.
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