District Court Reprimands EPA for Failure to Account for Economic Impacts of Clean Air Rules

Last month, a federal district court judge excoriated EPA for its failure to take into account the economic impacts  of its Clean Air rules as required under § 321 of the Clean Air Act (“CAA”),  despite a court order demanding it to do so. § 321, a little known provision of the Act, requires EPA to conduct a continuing evaluation of job losses and plant closures resulting from Clean Air Act implementation or enforcement.…