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Perspective

Jul. 1, 2014

Throwing out the bathwater, but keeping the baby

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court threw out the EPA's greenhouse gas "tailoring rule," which revised the statutory thresholds for requiring federal air permits under the Clean Air Act. By Kevin Poloncarz


By Kevin Poloncarz


Last week, in a long-anticipated decision in Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA, 2014 DJDAR 7978 (June 23, 2014) (UARG), the U.S. Supreme Court threw out the Environmental Protection Agency's greenhouse gas "tailoring rule," which revised the statutory thresholds for requiring federal air permits under the Clean Air Act. In a 5-4 ruling, the court found that the EPA's interpretation that such permits could be re...

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