Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/05/federal-appeals-court-upholds-epa-air-quality-standards.php
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Federal appeals court upholds EPA air quality standards
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] on Friday rejected [opinion, PDF] a challenge to new Environmental Protection Agency [(EPA) official website] standards for manufacturing plant air pollutant output. The petitioners had requested review of a final rule by the EPA regarding minimum National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) [EPA backgrounder]. NAAQS are explicitly required under the Clean Air Act (CAA) [text, PDF] and govern, inter alia, the congressional mandate to decrease allowable...
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