Dozens of EPA Staff Scrambling to Meet Coal Analysis Deadline

May 17, 2017, 7:51 PM UTC

The EPA has laid out the resources and man-hours it will need to spend to comply with a court order on the effects its regulations have on the coal industry, and it’s also asking an appeals court to intervene soon to relieve it from having to comply with this order.

In a May 15 filing, the Environmental Protection Agency laid out how it plans to meet a federal district judge’s July 1 deadline. The agency has to complete an analysis by that date of how its air pollution regulations have affected employment in coal and power generating companies ( ...

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