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D.C. Circuit Scraps Pruitt's Delay Of Obama-Era Rule As 'Mockery' Of Law


August 17, 2018 at 03:59 PM
Appellate judges have scrapped former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's rule delaying by almost two years implementation of Obama-era facility safety requirements after finding the delay made a “mockery” of Clean Air Act mandates, the latest in a string of legal losses for the agency in suits filed over Pruitt delays of Obama EPA policies.

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