Legal Opinion
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation v. Environmental Protection Agency
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 21, 2004No. 02-658PublishedCited by 524 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ginsburg
This case concerns the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) to enforce the provisions of the Clean Air Act’s (CAA or Act) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) program. Under that program, no major air pollutant emitting facility may be constructed unless the facility is equipped with “the best available control technology” (BACT). As added by § 165, 91 Stat. 735, and amended, 42 U. S. C. § 7475(a)(4). BACT, as defined in the CAA, means, for any major air pollutant emitting facility, “an emission limitation based on the maximum degree of [pollutant]…
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