Baker Botts·ENVIRONMENT / ESG / CLIMATE
EPA's September 2026 SSM Memo Reshapes Startup and Malfunction Defenses
A September 1, 2026 EPA memorandum gives air agencies a framework for reviewing SIP startup, shutdown, malfunction and affirmative-defense provisions after two D.C. Circuit decisions reset the agency's approach.
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Read the original firm alert → Thursday, October 8, 2026