Judge denies; EPA stay challenge; Greenpeace may sue over emissions

摘要

A US District Court judge this week would not deny a Sierra Club challenge of a stay related to the timing of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) changes to Boiler MACT rules, and the ruling apparently failed to force faster EPA action. The EPA issued the current Boiler MACT rules in February that set regulations on emissions from power boilers, including those run by pulp and paper mills. The EPA later announced the stay of the regulations while changes are considered. "The stays are necessary to provide EPA the time it needs to get the rules right and to allow businesses to know the rules that will be in place before they invest billions of dollars in capital expenses to comply," American Forest & Paper Assn pres/ CEO Donna Harman said this week.