Legal Opinion
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Carol M. Browner, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 27, 1995No. 94-1647PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Circuit Judge:
The 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act revised the regulatory framework for achieving national air quality goals. Among other changes, the amendments altered the schedule of State Implementation Plan (“SIP”) submissions and Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) responses thereto, and strengthened the sanctions that apply in the event of state noncompliance. Under § 179(a), 42 U.S.C. § 7509(a) (Supp. V 1993), an EPA finding of one of four possible SIP defects will trigger mandatory sanctions unless the state takes corrective action within 18 months. Petitioner Natural…
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