U.S. Supreme Court,
Environmental & Energy
May 6, 2014
EPA knows which way the wind blows
The impact of a recent U.S. high court decision is that most power plants in the eastern half of the U.S. will face tighter limits on air pollutants.
R. Morgan Gilhuly
Managing Partner
Barg Coffin Lewis & Trapp LLP
Email: mgilhuly@bargcoffin.com
Morgan has specialized in environmental litigation and environmental compliance counseling for nearly 30 years. He has represented defendants in complex environmental litigation regarding oil refineries, mining sites, and industrial and commercial facilities.
The immediate impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in EPA v. EME Homer City Generation LP, 2014 DJDAR (April 29, 5327), is that most power plants in the eastern half of the U.S. will face tighter limits on air pollutants. But more significantly, the case may signal the Supreme Court's willingness to defer to the Environmental Protection Agency's judgment in implementing the Clean Air Act and other technically complex environmental statutes - and that may augur well for the ...
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