EPA's Pollution Rule Struck Down on Appeal
Posted on: Wednesday, 20 August 2008, 12:00 CDT
A U.S appeals court struck down a Bush administration rule barring state and local governments from imposing pollution limits stricter than federal standards.
In its 2-1 decision, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Tuesday found the U.S. Environmental Protection agency rule violated a Clean Air Act provision requiring adequate emissions monitoring to ensure power plants, factories and oil refineries comply with pollution standards, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.
"The question in this case is whether permitting authorities may supplement inadequate monitoring requirements when EPA has taken no action," Judge Thomas B. Griffith wrote for the majority. He said federal standards aren't always enough to ensure proper monitoring, so state and local governments must be allowed to step in.
Environmental groups, which brought the lawsuit, called the decision a significant victory that will help assure pollution levels are tracked and reported accurately.
EPA spokesman Dale Kemerly said the agency would decide what action to take once it reviews the ruling.
Source: United Press International
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