Amicus Briefs Endorse Fracking Railway Ruling; 1 Cites Chevron Deference Reversal

( October 30, 2024, 10:57 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Eight amicus curiae briefs and two motions for divided argument have been filed in the U.S. Supreme Court in a case in which petitioners seek reversal of a lower court ruling that held that the Surface Transportation Board (STB) failed to adequately examine the risk of wildfires and the impact on groundwater posed by the construction of a proposed rail line in Utah that would carry products related to hydraulic fracturing to and from the shale formation in the Uinta Basin.  The Constitutional Accountability Center filed an amicus brief in support of the respondents, arguing that in light of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which reversed what is known as Chevron deference, the Supreme Court should reject the petitioners’ interpretation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)....

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