Senators Support Lower Court Toss of EPA's New Air Quality Standards.(Brief Article)

Chemical Market Reporter, August, 2000

FOUR US SENATORS have filed a legal brief asking the Supreme Court to sustain a lower court's decision to throw out the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new air quality standards. "In filing this brief with the Supreme Court, we seek to clarify our firm belief that the EPA has been wrong in its interpretation of the law and the intent of Congress regarding the setting of new clean air standards," said Sen.

James Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the Senate clean air subcommittee. "The EPA clearly overstepped its proper authority in the politicized manner it approached this issue," Sen. Inhofe added in a statement announcing the filing. Sen. Inhofe along with Republican senators Tim Hutchinson of Arkansas, Robert Bennett of Utah and George...

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