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Stephanie Salmon, AFS Washington Office; Jeff Hannapel & Christian Richter, The Policy Group, Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON ALERT ON THE HILL


U.S. Court of Appeals Releases Stay on Implementation of Waters of the U.S. Rule


The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit released a nationwide order of stay against implementation of the “Waters of the U.S.” Rule. A group of 18 states asked the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals for a nationwide stay to halt the U.S. Environ- mental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ “Waters of the U.S.” rule while the lawsuits are heard. The states argue they are suffer- ing irreparable harm under the rule, which they say seizes their sovereign authority over intrastate waters, impos- ing costs under the Clean Water Act’s state-administered programs. They also maintain they are likely to prevail based on the merits of the case, the “Waters of the U.S.” rule violates the “notice and comment” requirements under the Administrative Procedures Act, certain


aspects of the rule are arbitrary, and it violates both the Clean Water Act and the Constitution.


Legislation Would Extend Deadline for Railroads to Install Technology


Large portions of the American rail network are mandated by statute to install by December 31, 2015, new technology and equipment known as the Positive Train Control (PTC), which is a GPS-based train control system designed to prevent collisions and over-speed derailments. Most freight and commuter railroads have reported they will not be able to meet the deadline and require more time to complete implementation. In order to give the rail industry more time to comply, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee recently introduced the Positive Train Control Enforcement and Implemen- tation Act of 3


AFS, state groups and hundreds of


associations expressed support of a PTC deadline extension in a coalition letter sent to Congress this month.


EPA Issues Updated Ozone Rule


On October 1, EPA released its final national ambient air quality standard for ground level ozone, tightening the rule to 70 parts per billion (ppb), from the 75 ppb set in 2008. Environmental and public health organizations were pushing for more strin- gent standards of 65 ppb or below. Dozens of counties will be impacted by the rule and many counties are just beginning to implement the 2008 rule. For the past year, AFS worked to educate lawmakers and regulators on how an overly strict ozone rule would harm U.S. metalcasters and to keep the current standard, which is still being implemented.


For additional information, contact Stephanie Salmon, AFS Washington Off ice,


202/842-4864, ssalmon@afsinc.org.


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