Legal Opinion
National Parks Conservation Ass'n v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 29, 2015No. 14-3147PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
VANASKIE, Circuit Judge.
Section 169A of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7491, and implementing regulations promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) require states to evaluate the impact that emissions from certain sources of pollution within their borders have on atmospheric visibility in national parks and wilderness areas. After conducting this evaluation, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania declined to require its sources to implement additional pollution controls because it concluded that the costs associated with the controls outweighed the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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