FROM SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
By Michael Gardner
COPLEY NEWS SERVICE
January 3, 2008
California will not be alone in court. Several national environmental groups and states are expected to join the petition filed in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.
John Eastman, dean of the Chapman University School of Law, said the case is of such “monumental importance” that it likely will reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
He said the legal challenge could turn on how the courts interpret EPA's waiver authority: Is it discretionary or is EPA required to issue permission if California meets all of the conditions?
EPA has a strong case in that the federal government regulates commerce so there is precedent for national standards, Eastman said.
Meanwhile, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., has asked the inspector general to investigate how it was reached. Other congressional investigations have been launched.
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