Appellate judges at oral argument weighed Texas' novel lawsuit that aims to upend EPA's long-established process for designating which areas are attaining or failing to attain national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS), with Texas pushing an unusual Clean Air Act argument that would give states more power to issue the findings. At Oct. 9 argument in State of Texas, et al. v. EPA, et al., Judges Edith Brown Clement, Jennifer Walker Elrod and Kyle Duncan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit gave little indication of their intended ruling on Texas' claims that the state has the right to issue designations.
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机译：上诉法官在口头辩论中权衡了德克萨斯州的新诉讼，该诉讼旨在推翻EPA长期以来确定哪些区域达到或未达到国家环境空气质量标准（NAAQS）的程序，而德克萨斯州则提出了一项与众不同的《清洁空气法案》，声明有更大的权力发布调查结果。 10月9日在得克萨斯州的论点等。诉EPA等人，美国第五巡回上诉法院的Edith Brown Clement法官，Jennifer Walker Elrod法官和Kyle Duncan法官，几乎没有表明他们打算对德克萨斯州声称有权分配指定人的主张作出裁决。
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