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Supreme Court sets new rules for Clean Air Act lawsuits

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In Environmental Protection Agency v. Calumet Shreveport Refining, L.L.C., the Supreme Court set out the test for determining the proper venue for judicial review of EPA actions under the Clean Air Act (CAA). Challenges to...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Like A Good Neighbor…Not So Fast, Says 5th Circuit

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The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals gave a big win to the EPA when it upheld a Biden-era ozone ruling affecting Louisiana and Texas, but there was also a set-back for the EPA when the Court both upheld the ability of such...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

The Wehrum Memo Still Isn’t Final Agency Action

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the petition for rehearing in the “once in, always in” case. It was a one sentence order. Judge Rogers, who dissented from the original panel opinion, dissented from the denial....more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

Forecast is Hazy For EPA’s Regional Haze Oversight Authority

Earlier this month, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals stayed EPA’s disapproval of the Texas and Oklahoma regional haze state implementation plans, as well as EPA’s promulgation of its own federal implementation plan. The...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

Who Gets to Review EPA Actions? The Court of Appeals? The District Court? (Hint: The Answer Is Not “Neither One”)

The general rule under the Clean Air Act is that any: person may bring suit in district court against the EPA Administrator for an alleged failure to perform a nondiscretionary act or duty, and the district court has...more

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