Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 16, 2014No. 12-2853, 12-3142, 12-3143PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Sierra Club challenges the Environmental Protection Agency’s decisions to redesignate three geographic areas — Milwaukee-Racine, Greater Chicago, and the Illinois portion of the St. Louis area — as having attained the 1997 National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone. The Clean Air Act mandates that before redesignating an area, EPA must confirm not just that ozone in an area dropped below a certain level, but also that the improvement in air quality resulted from “permanent and enforceable reductions in emissions.” EPA interprets that edict to require a finding that…
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