Mallory Sparks moderated a panel about the U.S. Supreme Court’s overruling of the longstanding Chevron deference at the Carolinas Air Pollution Control Association (CAPCA) Fall Meeting in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Mallory facilitated a conversation about the background of the Chevron decision and what the court’s decision might mean for the future, including for heavily regulated businesses. In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the Supreme Court held that the prior law requiring courts to defer to an agency’s interpretation of the law when a statute was unclear violated constitutional separation of powers.

CAPCA is made up of approximately 600 active members representing local, state, and national air pollution control agencies; a wide variety of regulated industries; environmental consulting and testing firms; equipment manufacturers; related interest groups; and an interested general public.