Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 9, 2012No. 11-1184PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.
Opinion concurring in the judgment filed by Circuit Judge HENDERSON.
WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge:
Sierra Club here challenges a “Determination” of the Environmental Protection Agency. In the Determination, EPA announced that it had met the regulatory obligations imposed on it by § 112(c)(6) of the Clean Air Act (“CAA”), 42 U.S.C. § 7412(c)(6). We conclude that the Determination is a legislative rulemaking subject to the notice-and-comment provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 553. Because EPA issued the…
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