Doubting State, Industry Harms, EPA Again Urges Court To Reinstate CSAPR

摘要

EPA is again urging a federal appeals court to reinstate implementation of its Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) while delaying the rule's compliance deadlines by three years, charging in a new brief that industry and state opponents have failed to prove any tangible harms from allowing implementation to resume. Utility industry groups cannot show that they would face financial or other harms from reinstating the emissions trading program, and state critics of CSAPR are unable to prove any administrative burdens from reviving the rule, the Department of Justice (DOJ) argues in an Aug. 22 filing on EPA's behalf. Relevant documents are available on InsideEPA.com. See page 2 for details.