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  1. March 25, 2022

    DC Circ. Wary Of Challenge To Stricter State Emissions Rules

    Two D.C. Circuit judges pushed back Friday on claims that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has not justified an Obama-era mandate directing several states to tighten their exemptions for emissions related to start-up, shutdown and malfunction events at power plants and other facilities.

  2. April 25, 2017

    DC Circuit Delays Case Over States' Plant Emissions Rules

    The D.C. Circuit on Monday granted a request by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to postpone oral arguments in litigation over the EPA's requirement that 36 states revise emissions exemptions related to startup, shutdown and malfunction events at power plants and other facilities.

  3. April 19, 2017

    EPA Seeks To Delay Suit Over States' Plant Emissions Rules

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday asked the D.C. Circuit to postpone oral arguments in litigation over the EPA's requirement that 36 states revise emissions exemptions related to startup, shutdown and malfunction events at power plants and other facilities, in light of the recent change in administration.

  4. August 30, 2016

    Enviros Defend EPA's Startup, Shutdown Changes At DC Circ.

    The Sierra Club and other groups on Monday urged the D.C. Circuit not to strike down the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's requirement that 36 states revise emissions exemptions related to startup, shutdown and malfunction events at power plants and other facilities.

  5. July 27, 2016

    EPA Defends Startup, Shutdown Revisions At DC Circ.

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday asked the D.C. Circuit not to strike down a requirement that 36 states revise emissions exemptions related to startup, shutdown and malfunction events.

  6. March 17, 2016

    DC Circ. Asked To Nix EPA's Startup, Shutdown Revisions

    A broad coalition of energy companies, utilities and industry organizations, along with several states and state agencies, on Wednesday asked the D.C. Circuit to strike down a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requirement that 36 states revise emissions exemptions related to startup, shutdown and malfunction events.

  7. October 02, 2015

    EPA Says DC Circ. Can Review Texas Issues In Rule Challenge

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday asked the D.C. Circuit not to send back to the Fifth Circuit certain allegedly "Texas-specific" issues raised in a challenge to the EPA's rule tightening startup, shutdown and malfunction practices in 36 states.

  8. August 21, 2015

    DC Circ. Consolidates EPA Startup, Shutdown Lawsuits

    The D.C. Circuit on Friday granted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's request to consolidate more than 10 petitions challenging a rule that requires 36 states to revise unlawful emissions exemptions for certain industrial facilities related to startup, shutdown and malfunction events.

  9. August 14, 2015

    EPA Tells DC Circ. To Consolidate Startup, Shutdown Cases

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday asked the D.C. Circuit to consolidate more than 10 petitions challenging its new rule requiring 36 states to revise unlawful emissions exemptions for certain industrial facilities related to startup, shutdown and malfunction events.

  10. August 07, 2015

    5 Clean Air Act Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2015

    From expected litigation over a plan to reduce power plant carbon emissions to lawsuits over a rule that would curb emissions during facilities' startup and shutdown periods, the government's use of the Clean Air Act to combat climate change has run up against serious opposition. Here, Law360 looks at cases environmental attorneys should be watching.