Legal Opinion
Sierra Club, Imperial County Air Pollution Control District, Intervenor v. United States Environmental Protection Agency Gale Norton
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 18, 2003No. 01-71902PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lawfully concluded that a Southern California county would have achieved the 24-hour air quality standards required by the Clean Air Act but for the negative effects of transborder emissions from Mexico.
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Imperial County encompasses approximately 4,600 square miles in Southeastern California and is bordered by Riverside County to the north, Mexico to the south, Arizona to the east, and San Diego County to the west. The county shares approximately 80 miles of border with Mexico. Calexico, one of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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