Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 12, 2014No. 11-73342, 11-73356PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NGUYEN, Circuit Judge:
Avenal Power Center LLC (“Avenal Power”) applied to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) for a Prevention of Significant Deterioration Permit (“Permit”), to build and operate the Avenal Energy Project, a 600 megawatt natural gas-fired power plant in the city of Avenal, California. Although EPA had a statutory duty under the Clean Air Act to either grant or deny the Permit application within one year, 42 U.S.C. § 7475(c), it failed to do so. After the deadline passed but before taking any final action, EPA tightened the applicable air quality…
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