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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 28, 2015 ATTORNEY GENERAL STRANGE WELCOMES FEDERAL COURT DECISION INVALIDATING COSTLY EPA CROSS-STATE AIR POLLUTION LIMITS FOR ALABAMA (MONTGOMERY) – Attorney General Luther Strange welcomed a DC Circuit Court decision on Tuesday striking down the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) overly stringent air pollution limits on Alabama’s sulfur dioxide emissions crossing state lines. “The DC federal court found that the EPA’s ‘Cross-State’ emissions limits on Alabama were both excessive and costly,” said Attorney General Strange. “Alabama is working carefully to meet federal cross-state emission limits and we are gratified that the DC Circuit Court has agreed with our position that the EPA is once again acting against the best interest of our consumers and our state through overly burdensome and unjustified regulation. “The court ruling noted that the EPA is requiring Alabama to implement cost controls that are five times as costly as what would be required to attain the standard. Clearly, the EPA has overstepped its bounds.” Alabama was one of four states suing the EPA over the overly restrictive cross-state emission standards to prevail in the court ruling. The other states include Georgia, South Carolina and Texas.
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AG Strange Welcomes Federal Court Decision Invalidating Costly EPA Cross-State Air Pollution Limits for Alabama
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