Natural Resources Defense Council v. Pruitt

After the parties filed a stipulation of voluntary dismissal, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a challenge to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) stay of performance standards and emission guidelines for municipal solid waste landfills. The stay was in place from May 31, 2017 to August 29, 2017, while EPA began a reconsideration process. On January 11, 2018, EPA withdrew plans for a further delay in implementation of the standards. In the stipulation of voluntary dismissal, the petitioners stated that they had decided to voluntarily dismiss the petition for review on the basis of EPA’s representations in its initial brief that the stay only affected deadlines that would have applied during the 90 days the stay was in effect, that EPA was not aware of new landfills affected by the stay, and that the stay did not affect deadlines for existing landfills or for EPA obligations.