Legal Opinion

Club v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided July 14, 2015No. 12-3420PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

AMENDED OPINION

JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

In 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) determined that the Cincinnati-Hamilton metropolitan area had attained national air quality standards for particulate matter, thanks in no small part to regional cap-and-trade programs that had reduced the flow of interstate pollution. EPA also redesignated the area to “attainment” status even though the three States that administer its pollution controls had never implemented particular provisions, known as “reasonably available control measures,” applicable to nonattainment areas. Sierra…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Lujan v. Defenders of WildlifeSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
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  3. Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (TOC), Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
  4. Allen v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. Sierra Club v. MortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1972

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