Topic
Interstate Air Pollution
4 published works
The Nickel Report
Against a Backdrop of Litigation, EPA Prepares a New Rule to Address Interstate Air Pollution
As I have reported previously, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit issued a significant decision in September 2019 on EPA’s implementation of the so-called “Good Neighbor Provision”…
The Nickel Report
EPA Makes Room for State Flexibility in Addressing “Interstate Transport” Under the Clean Air Act
The phrase “interstate transport” conjures images of planes, trains and trucks carrying people and goods cross-country. But, under the federal Clean Air Act (CAA), the term is often used to…
The Nickel Report
States, Industry Parties, and Environmental Groups Challenge EPA’s Latest Interstate Air Emissions “Transport” Rule in D.C. Circuit Litigation
By E. Carter Chandler Clements
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule “Update” for the 2008 national ambient air quality standards for ozone – the so-called CSAPR Update Rule –…
frESH
Strike Two on Interstate Air Pollution: DC Circuit Vacates CSAPR
On August 21, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, in a 2-1 ruling, issued a critical rebuke of USEPA’s “Transport” or Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (“CSAPR”).1 …