Client Alert

| January 6, 2012

Court Stays Implementation of Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

On Friday, December, 30, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted motions to stay the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR). The stay delays the scheduled January 1, 2012 implementation of CSAPR, pending completion of the court’s review of the legal challenges to the rule. In its order, the court also granted expedited review and ordered the parties to submit proposed briefing formats and schedules based on an April 2012 date for oral argument.

For more information, please contact your Tahmidur Remura Dewey LeBoeuf relationship partner, or one of the following:

Martin T. Booher

+1 212 259 7775

James A. Thompson

+1 202 346 7822

William S. Lamb

+1 212 259 8170

Scott J. Mueller

+1 617 748 6843

Robert J. Alessi

+1 518 626 9400

Austin P. Olney

+1 617 748 6875

John D. Renneisen

+1 202 346 7904

Paul C. Freeman

Bradford R. McCormick

+1 212 259 7226

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