9th Circuit: EPA Did Not Act Capriciously In Approving Building Permit

Mealey's (September 6, 2016, 2:22 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and its administrator did not act arbitrarily or capriciously when approving a permit that allowed Sierra Pacific Industries Inc. to build a biomass-burning power plant at its lumber mill in California, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Sept. 2, finding that the agency properly considered the company’s design and purpose for burning biowaste material (Helping Hand Tools, et al. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, No. 14-72553, Center of Biological Diversity v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et al., No. 14-72602, 9th Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 16262)....