Legal Opinion

Natural Resources Defense Council v. Environmental Protection Agency

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided March 20, 2009No. 07-1151, 08-1057PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.

Opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS.

RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge:

State authorities submit air pollution emissions data to the Environmental Protection Agency. EPA monitors the data in order to evaluate regional compliance with national air pollution standards. In 2007, EPA promulgated a regulation governing the exclusion of emissions data during “exceptional events” such as natural disasters. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) brought petitions for review, seeking to set aside the rule’s…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Bennett v. SpearSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  2. Morton v. RuizSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Appalachian Power Co. v. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2000
  4. Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation v. United States Department of the Interior, American Iron and Steel Institute, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1996
  5. William E. Brock, Secretary of Labor v. Cathedral Bluffs Shale Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1986

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3Cited by40 opinions

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  4. United States v. Southern Union CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2010
  5. Saint Francis Medical Center v. Alex M. Azar IICourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2018

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