Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. McCarthy
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 14, 2018No. Civil Action No. 2016-2461Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SIERRA CLUB, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 16-2461 (TJK) ANDREW WHEELER, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION The Clean Air Act requires the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA” or the “agency”) to develop guidelines to regulate solid waste incinerators. It also provides a private right of action to sue EPA to enforce the law’s statutory duties that are nondiscretionary. 42 U.S.C. § 7604(a)(2). Plaintiff Sierra Club brings this lawsuit to compel EPA to comply with three duties related to these guidelines that it asserts are…
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