Prior Consent Decree Moots Trade Union’s Request To Review Incinerator Standards

(March 21, 2024, 9:57 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Environmental Protection Agency cannot be compelled to review certain emissions standards for solid-waste incinerators because that issue was decided in a prior consent decree covering the same standards, a District of Columbia federal judge found in granting, without prejudice, the agency’s motion to dismiss a complaint filed by a trade union....