A federal appeals court rejected a move by environmental advocates to limit the Environmental Protection Agency's approval of alternatives to the penalties required under Section 185 of the Clean Air Act when areas miss their deadlines to attain the federal standard for ground-level ozone (Natural Res. Def. Council v. EPA,, 9th Cir., No. 13-70544, petition rejected 3/11/15). The March 11 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is good news for the major stationary sources of ozone-forming pollutants in the Los Angeles area, which faced the prospect of having to pay the stiff, annual, per-ton emissions fees had the court decided against the EPA.
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