U.S. EPA yesterday asked for a rehearing of a federal court's decision to toss out part of the agency's rules setting emission standards for industrial boilers. The agency argued that vacating parts of the rules, as a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia did in July, would have environmental impacts and be disruptive to industry. EPA is seeking en banc review of the ruling by the full D.C. Circuit. Environmental groups and a power supplier yesterday also petitioned the D.C. Circuit for a fullcourt rehearing. EPA issued the rules in question in 2011. They're meant to curb toxic air emissions from large industrial boilers, process heaters and smaller boilers.
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