Legal Opinion
Natural Resources Defense Council v. Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 22, 2008No. 07-1040PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge WILLIAMS.
WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge:
Natural Resources Defense Council challenges the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2007 “critical use” exemption for methyl bromide on the grounds that it applies an unreasonable interpretation of the Clean Air Act and that it is arbitrary and capricious in light of the United States’ agreements with other nations on reducing the use of methyl bromide and other ozone-depleting chemicals. The 2007 exemption applied a framework that EPA adopted in a 2004 rule — a rule that NRDC challenged previously and…
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