9th Circuit Backs EPA Deadline Extension For Federal Landfill Methane Plan

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit is backing EPA’s authority to significantly extend the deadline for issuing federal standards for much of the country to require landfills to limit their methane emissions, even after a district court set an earlier deadline for the agency to act. The decision, by a unanimous 9th Circuit three-judge panel, sets what appears to be a new precedent for agency responses to court orders. The panel’s Oct. 22 opinion in State of...