Legal Opinion
National Parks Conservation Ass'n v. McCarthy
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 14, 2016No. 12-2910, 12-3481PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENTON, Circuit Judge.
On June 12, 2012, EPA approved the Minnesota Regional Haze State Implementation Plan. Six conservation organizations 1 petition for review of the Plan. Having jurisdiction under 42 U.S.C. § 7607(b)(1), this court denies the petition.
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A national goal is natural visibility in “mandatory class I Federal areas.” 42 U.S.C. § 7491(a)(1). States must revise their environmental plans to include “measures as may be necessary” for reasonable progress toward the national goal; § 7491(b)(2). Some major stationary facilities that emit “any air pollutant which may reasonably- be…
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