Judge approves EPA’s plan to complete rules for hazardous pollutants by planned 2011 date

摘要

The utility industry lost a court argument last week when anfederal judge approved a legally binding timetable that compelsnthe Obama administration to issue stringent and costly newnregulations for emissions of mercury and other hazardous airnpollutants from coal-fired plants by next year. nJudge Rosemary Collyer of the US District Court for thenDistrict of Columbia said she appreciated the power industry’snconcerns that the timetable “may be too hasty for the criticalnand expensive regulatory decisions that will be made” by thenObama administration.