WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal regulators can trump more permissive state officials in some disputes over costly measures to limit air pollution, the Supreme Court said Wednesday in a ruling that departed from the court’s trend toward granting state governments more power.
Alaska’s governor wanted to allow the world’s largest zinc mine to use cheaper, less effective anti-pollution equipment, but the federal Environmental Protection Agency said no. The Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling upholds EPA’s veto power in such cases.
The victory for environmentalists may be more symbolic than substantive.
Supreme Court rules EPA can overrule state in clean air case
January 22, 2004
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