EPA, States, Industry Begin Settlement Talks In Texas Haze Rule Challenge

摘要

EPA, states and industry are in talks to settle challenges against EPA's plan to address haze-forming pollutants in Texas and Oklahoma, potentially averting the threat of an adverse ruling that might cast doubt on the agency's haze policies nationwide, though the case has already set precedents seen as aiding critics' efforts to litigate air policies in regional courts. All parties in the pending suit, State of Texas, et al. v. EPA, et ah, filed a joint Aug. 17 motion asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to hold their case for 90 days to allow for settlement talks.