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States win suit to stop new EPA rules
Associated Press
Published March 18, 2006
A federal appeals court Friday blocked the Environmental Protection Agency from easing clean air rules on aging power plants, refineries and factories, changes that had been among the top environmental priorities of the White House.
The new rules, supported by industry representatives, would have allowed older plants to modernize without having to install the most advanced pollution controls.
The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington said that the rules violate the Clean Air Act and that only Congress can authorize such changes.
Fourteen states and a number of cities had sued to block the change, saying it would allow more air pollution.
The decision applies to about 800 power plants and as many as 17,000 factories nationwide.
[Last modified March 18, 2006, 02:30:29]
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