High Court to Rule on EPA's Authority

The Environmental Protection Agency and American Trucking Associations will face off in the U.S. Supreme Court on how air pollution standards are set.

The ruling could have enormous implications — from billions of dollars in annual compliance costs for how the Department of Labor determines workplace standards in lessening job-related injuries to how EPA calculates public health baselines.

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These agencies cannot act with unbridled discretion on setting standards that are unconstitutional,” said Robin S. Conrad, senior vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s National Chamber Litigation Center in Washington, D.C.

Conrad’s organization joined ATA in the lawsuit, and favors the high court review that was announced May 22.

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