The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today agreed with Judge Leon Holmes’ finding that the court didn’t have jurisdiction to hear Nucor Steel’s lawsuit challenging air permits for the state-subsidized Big River Steel mill, a new competitor for Nucor in Mississippi County.

There are other federal and state avenues for challenges of permits granted to allow Big River to discharge pollutants. This lawsuit was an attack on a “facially valid” state permit and thus should not be allowed in a separate lawsuit, the court said.

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