Court: EPA must rethink power plant startup rules

摘要

A federal appeals court today told EPA to reconsider its exemptions on emissions controls for coal- and oilburningpower plants during their startup periods.Judges for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit did not reach the merits of environmentalgroups' challenge to a set of decisions related to EPA's Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, but it sent the matterback to the agency for further review."[W]e conclude that EPA erred in denying Petitioners' petition for reconsideration," Judge Robert Wilkins wrote inan opinion issued this morning.Judges David Tatel, a Clinton appointee, and Cornelia Pillard, an Obama pick, also joined the decision. Wilkins isan Obama appointee as well.