A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by Nucor Steel that sought to block the Environmental Protection Agency from adopting a plan to control visible pollution in Arkansas by the end of August.
Nucor, which operates two steel mills in the state, had argued the EPA missed a deadline under the Clean Air Act to either adopt the Arkansas state plan or substitute a federal plan to reduce visible air pollution and it was not within its powers to move ahead because that window had closed.
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