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EPA chief calls Supreme Court ruling 'solid endorsement'

From CNN Sr. Washington Correspondent Charles Bierbauer

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The head of the Environmental Protection Agency called Tuesday's Supreme Court ruling a "solid endorsement of EPA's efforts to protect the health of millions of Americans from the dangers of air pollution."

In a statement, EPA administrator Christie Whitman said the court ruling "affirmed our constitutional authority to set these kinds of health protection standards in the future."

The court ruled unanimously that Congress had correctly delegated authority to the agency to set national standards for ozone and particulate emissions. The ruling also rejected the claim of the American Trucking Associations and other business interests that EPA had to use a cost-benefit analysis in setting those standards.

However, the court called EPA's timetable for implementing its standards "unlawful."

"The EPA will need to determine how to implement the standard consistent with the Court's opinion," said Whitman's statement

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