Legal Opinion
Indiana & Michigan Electric Company and Indianapolis Power & Light Company v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 11, 1984No. 82-1733, 82-1738PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
In 1979 the Indiana Air Pollution Control Board submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a revision of its plan for compliance (“state implementation plan”) with air quality standards that the EPA had established pursuant to the Clean Air Act of 1970, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq. Indiana’s revised plan established a ceiling on emissions of sulphur dioxide but also provided that a source would be considered to be in compliance if its daily emissions, when averaged over thirty days, did not exceed the ceiling. This was in recognition of the fact that…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Foti v. Immigration & Naturalization ServiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Rockford League of Women Voters v. United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Commonwealth Edison Company, Intervenor-RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- The Anaconda Company, a Montana Corporation v. William D. Ruckelshaus, Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1973
- Sierra Club v. RuckelshausDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1972
- Fri v. Sierra ClubSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by35 opinions
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- Bethlehem Steel Corporation v. Anne M. Gorsuch, Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
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