8th Circuit Turns Away Request To Review Coal Plant CAA Permit Renewal

Mealey's (September 6, 2022, 11:46 AM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — Efforts by the owners of a North Dakota ranch to challenge the renewal of a state permit issued to a coal-fired electric generating plant were unsuccessful when a divided Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 31 said the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency did not act arbitrarily or capriciously in denying the ranchers’ petition for an objection....