EPA Says It Cannot Be Forced To Justify Entities’ Noncompliance Due To COVID-19

Mealey's (June 17, 2020, 10:41 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and its administrators say in a reply brief filed May 29 in a New York federal court that 15 environmental groups cannot force the agency to implement a rule that requires regulated entities to justify how the COVID-19 pandemic has rendered them unable to comply with the monitoring and reporting requirements because they lack organization and associational standing under Article III of the U.S. Constitution (Natural Resources Defense Council, et al. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et al., No. 20 Civ. 3058, S.D. N.Y.)....