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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to EPA pollution rule
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a major copper company’s plea to
review an Environmental Protection Agency air pollution rule that set
standards for sulfur dioxide, a pollutant tied to several respiratory
ailments. The justices denied Asarco LLC’s request to review an
appellate court decision that upheld EPA’s 2010 regulation, which had
drawn challenges from several states, companies and industry groups. Asarco,
which operates a major copper smelter in Arizona, in October asked the
high court to review whether EPA illegally set a standard — 75 parts per
billion over one hour — that it calls overly stringent. The
company had alleged that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit failed to properly restrain EPA’s discretion in setting
the exposure standard for SO2...more
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