Legal Opinion
Roberta Delaney Gayle Hartmann v. Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 11, 1990No. 88-7368PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIGGINS, Circuit Judge:
Residents of Maricopa and Pima counties, Arizona, petition this court to vacate as arbitrary and capricious the Environmental Protection Agency’s approvals of the counties’ Clean Air Act implementation plans. We have jurisdiction under 42 U.S.C. § 7607(b)(1) (1982). We vacate the EPA’s approvals of the plans, and direct the EPA to take further action consistent with this opinion.
BACKGROUND
The Clean Air Act, as amended in 1970, mandated that states as expeditiously as practicable, but not later than December 31, 1975, reduce the levels of certain ambient pollutants to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Morton v. RuizSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Service v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Mark Abramowitz v. United States Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- City of Seabrook, Texas v. United States Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- Conservation Law Foundation v. Federal Highway AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
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