Legal Opinion
Yazzie v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 20, 2017No. 14-73100, 14-73101, 14-73102PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
OWENS, Circuit Judge:
Petitioners Vincent Yazzie, several tribal conservation organizations, and certain non-profit environmental organizations (collectively “petitioners”) 1 seek final review of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) source-specific Federal Implementation Plan (“FIP”) under the Clean Air Act (“CAA”) for the Navajo Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant on the Navajo Nation Reservation in Arizona. 2 We have jurisdiction over these petitions, 42 U.S.C. § 7607(b)(1), and we deny them.
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
A.The Navajo Generating Station
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- Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Auer v. RobbinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District v. LeeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2012
- Bassiri v. Xerox Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
- Natural Resources Defense Council v. United States Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2008
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- Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. Mary FarnsworthCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2018
- Hopi Tribe v. U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2017
- United States v. MayerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009