Federal Court Denies Industry Request To Postpone Utility MACT; Rule Due Dec. 16

摘要

A federal court Oct. 24 denied an industry group's request to postpone for one year the Environmental Protection Agency's deadline for issuing a final rule targeting mercury and other air toxics from power plants (American Nurses Ass'n v. Jackson, D.D.C., No. 08-2198, order issued 10/24/11). The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted a request from EPA and environmental and health groups to delay the rule by one month until Dec.