Groups Seek Ruling That EPA Must Grant Or Deny Permit Petitions By March 1, 2018

(November 10, 2017, 11:11 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Environmental advocacy groups on Nov. 3 filed a brief in District of Columbia federal court seeking summary judgment and a declaration that the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency has violated federal law by failing to perform his “nondiscretionary duty to grant or deny” the groups’ petitions, which challenge approval of a permit for a petrochemical manufacturing facility operated by ExxonMobil (Environmental Integrity Project, et al. v. Scott Pruitt, No. 17-1439, D. D.C.)....