Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 27, 2014No. 08-1144, 08-1145, 12-1295PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court by Circuit Judge MILLETT.
MILLETT, Circuit Judge:
In 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency promulgated a rule that exempts from regulation under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq., certain hazardous residuals left over from the petroleum refining process. See 73 Fed.Reg. 57 (Jan. 2, 2008). That exemption, referred to as the Gasification Exclusion Rule, applies when those residual materials are inserted into gasification units to produce “synthesis gas,” which is a type of fuel that may be burned for the recovery of energy.
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2Cases cited22 opinions
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