Supreme Court: Federal Air Regulations Trump State Rules
1 February 2004 - 1:00am
| Author: Kenneth Jost
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The federal Clean Air Act requires new factories and power plants to use the "best available control technology" to limit air pollution, but generally lets states determine what specific systems satisfy the law.
But in a closely divided decision issued in late January, the usually states rights-minded high court sided with the feds and upheld EPA’s authority to override state environmental regulators.
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