Legal Opinion
Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Ontario v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 31, 1990No. Nos. 88-1778, 88-1780 and 88-1812PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
BUCKLEY, Circuit Judge:
The question before us is whether the Environmental Protection Agency has any present obligation to take action under section 115 of the Clean Air Act, which establishes a procedure for the prevention of air pollutants in the United States from causing harm in the form of acid deposition to the public health and welfare in Canada. The Province of Ontario and a number of States and environmental groups have petitioned the EPA for a rulemaking that would essentially set in motion section 115’s international pollution abatement procedures. We conclude, first, that section…
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