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U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Acid Rain Program's Phase II NOx Rule

Read about the court decision that upheld the majority of Title IV of the Clean Air Act, but vacated the portion that reclassifies certain retrofitted cell burner boilers as wall-fired boilers. View Phase II of the Acid Rain Program for related information.

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U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Acid Rain Program's Phase II NOx Rule (PDF)(57 pp, 166 K)