Editor’s Note: Although the Opinion gives EPA reasonable discretion in deciding how to account for costs, EPA does not have discretion in ensuring that its cost accounting complies with OMB’s Data Quality requirements.
From: USA Today
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The 5-4 ruling stops the Environmental Protection Agency, at least for now, from imposing new rules designed to reduce the amount of mercury and other toxins that pollute the nation’s air, at an unknown net cost to companies and consumers.