Southwestern Pennsylvania Growth Alliance v. Browner

OPINION

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

This case arises under the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7401-7671q, as amended. The petitioner, the Southwestern Pennsylvania Growth Alliance, appeals the decision of the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency directly to this Court under 42 U.S.C. § 7607(b)(1). The petitioner argues that the EPA’s decision to redesignate the . Cleveland-Akron-Lorain, Ohio, area as an “attainment” area for ozone was arbitrary and capricious because the EPA failed to take into account the “regional” effect of ozone pollution—specifically the effect of…