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US Supreme Court Clarifies Venue Rules Under the Clean Air Act

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The US Supreme Court in EPA v. Calumet Shreveport clarified where challenges to certain US Environmental Protection Agency actions under the Clean Air Act must be filed. The Court split the difference between competing...more

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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

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Venue Matters: Supreme Court Clarifies Where Clean Air Act Cases Belong

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On June 18, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two decisions that clarify a deceptively simple question under the Clean Air Act: Where should lawsuits challenging EPA actions be filed? The rulings – EPA v. Calumet Shreveport...more

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SCOTUS: Choose the Right Venue in Clean Air Act Issues

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On June 18th, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two rulings determining where challenges to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) actions under the Clean Air Act must be filed. The Court held challenges to EPA actions that are...more

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Up in the Air: SCOTUS Creates New Venue Test for Clean Air Act Cases

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The U.S. Supreme Court issued a pair of decisions in EPA v. Calumet Shreveport Refining and Oklahoma v. EPA on June 18, 2025, resolving two related circuit splits regarding proper venue for challenging certain U.S....more

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Supreme Court Clarifies Venue Rules for Clean Air Act Challenges

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US Supreme Court Clean Air Act (CAA) decisions often result in big-picture changes to administrative law. Two CAA decisions this term deal with CAA’s venue-related provisions which specify where cases challenging US...more

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Supreme Court Interprets the Clean Air Act's Venue Provision in Companion Cases 

Today, the Supreme Court interpreted the Clean Air Act’s venue framework for judicial review of EPA actions. Under 42 U. S. C. §7607(b)(1), “nationally applicable” EPA actions can be challenged only in the D. C. Circuit,...more

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Fifth Circuit Issues Splintered En Banc Decision on Citizen Suit Standing

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On December 11, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an en banc opinion in Env’t Tex. Citizen Lobby, Inc. v. ExxonMobil Corp., No. 17-20545. The petition for rehearing requested en banc review...more

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U.S. Court of Appeals Reverses EPA Decision on Small Refinery Biofuel Exemptions

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On Friday, July 26, 2024, a federal appeals court overturned the Biden administration’s decision to reverse small refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of...more

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Coal-Fired Power Plant/Mine/Common Control: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Challenge to Title V Permit Renewal

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (“Eighth Circuit”) addressed in an August 31st Opinion a challenge to the renewal of a Title V Clean Air Act operating permit for a coal-fired electric generating...more

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PSD/Air Enforcement: Federal Appellate Court (Eighth Circuit) Addresses Injunctive Relief Authority

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (“Eighth Circuit”) addressed in an August 20th Opinion whether a federal court had the authority to order injunctive relief for past violations of the Clean Air Act....more

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Major Source Determination/Clean Air Act: Federal Appellate Addresses Whether State Agency's Interpretation Entitled to Deference

The United States Court of Appeals, Eight Circuit (“Eight Circuit”) addressed in a November 22nd Opinion whether a lignite coal mine obtained the correct Clean air Act (“CAA”) permit. See Voigt v. Coyote Creek Mining Company,...more

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A Court-Side Seat: Appeals and Agency Developments at the Close of 2020

THE FEDERAL APPELLATE COURTS - The U.S. Court of Appeals - On November 23, 2020, the court, in a 2-to-1 vote, rejected the plaintiff’s request for an emergency injunction pending appeal in the case of Manzanita Band of...more

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Best Available Control Technology/Clean Air Act: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Challenge to Air Permit for SoLoNOx Turbine

The United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit (“Court”) in a June 3rd opinion vacated an air permit the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) issued to Algonquin Gas Transmission (“Algonquin”). See...more

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Title V/Clean Air Act: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Challenge Based on Alleged Invalidity of Preconstruction Permit

The United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit (“Court”) addressed in a May 29th decision a challenge to a Clean Air Act (“Act”) Title V Permit issued to an ExxonMobil Baytown, Texas Olefin plant (“Plant”). See...more

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