(December 8, 2016, 7:42 AM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge in Louisiana on Nov. 21 dismissed a lawsuit brought by Nucor Steel Louisiana LLC and Consolidated Environmental Management Inc. contending that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and Clean Air Act (CAA) when issuing orders in 2012 and 2014 that objected to permits they received, finding that the court lacked jurisdiction over the plaintiff companies’ claims (Consolidated Environmental Management Inc., et al. v. Regina McCarthy, et al., No. 16-1432, E.D. La.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 161769)....