Sierra Club v. EPA

ELR Citation: ELR 20303
No(s). 02-1135 (D.C. Cir. Dec 19, 2008)

The D.C. Circuit vacated U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules exempting major sources of air pollution from normal air emissions standards during periods of startups, shutdowns, and malfunctions (SSM) and imposing alternative, less onerous requirements in their place. EPA argued that the...