EPA May Get New Deadline for Kiln Rule After Court Lets Sierra Club Case Proceed

摘要

A lawsuit alleging the Environmental Protection Agency violated a statutory obligation to issue regulations on brick and structural clay products by Nov. 15, 2000, will continue after an EPA motion to dismiss was denied March 27 by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Sierra Club v. EPA, D.D.C., No. 08-424, 3/27/12). The Sierra Club's complaint alleged a violation of a nondiscretionary duty, which falls within the Clean Air Act's citizen suit provision, Judge Richard W. Roberts said in his order.