Chief Justice Roberts Denies States' Request For Stay of EPA's Power Plant Mercury Rule

摘要

Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. declined to stay implementation and enforcement of the Environmental Protection Agency's Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for power plants, sending a signal that the court won't widely grant such relief (Michigan v. EPA, U.S., No. 15A886, 3/3/16). Roberts rejected a request by 20 states, led by Michigan, to stay the mercury standards pending resolution of a yet-to-be-filed petition requesting vacatur of the MATS rule. The unpublished denial, announced March 3 by the Supreme Court's public information office, was issued one day after the Environmental Protection Agency argued that the states had failed to meet the legal requirements for a stay of the mercury rule.