A federal district judge is warning he is likely to issue a ruling that will end the role of EPA's Environmental Appeals Board (EAB) in reviewing clean air permits because such reviews can violate a Clean Air Act mandate that the administrator "grant or deny" air permits within 12 months of receiving completed applications. Such a ruling would upend the agency's air permitting system at a time when the agency is seeking to implement a host of new air quality and greenhouse gas (GHG) requirements in permits and would likely flood a key federal appellate court with permit challenges.
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