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Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA ↗
11-1037D.C. Cir.1 entry
Filing Date
Type
Action Taken
Document
Summary
02/28/2011
Petition
Petition for review filed.
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An electric power company trade group and several other entities challenged two EPA rules to facilitate greenhouse gas permitting in seven states. The rules allowed EPA to impose a federal implementation plan on seven states whose laws and regulations would have prevented them from initiating greenhouse gas permitting on January 2, 2011, the date on which GHG emissions permitting took effect. The seven states were Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Oregon, and Wyoming. The other entities challenging these rules are Texas, SIP/FIP Advocacy Group, and various mining and energy industry coalitions.
Texas v. EPA ↗
10-1425D.C. Cir.13 entries
Filing Date
Type
Action Taken
Document
Summary
05/04/2015
Decision
Order issued denying panel rehearing.
The D.C. Circuit issued orders denying the petitions for rehearing. The denial of the petitions for rehearing came after the D.C. Circuit ordered EPA in April 2015 to rescind regulations that required PSD and Title V permits solely based on a source’s greenhouse gas emissions.
11/04/2014
Response
Response filed by respondent-intervenors in opposition to petitions for rehearing or rehearing en banc.
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Texas v. EPA ↗
10-609615th Cir.3 entries
Filing Date
Type
Action Taken
Document
Summary
02/24/2011
Decision
Order issued transferring case to D.C. Circuit.
The Fifth Circuit transferred a case brought by Texas challenging a final rule by EPA, referred to as the “SIP Call,” requiring states to adopt laws and regulations allowing them to issue permits to new and modified stationary sources for greenhouse gas emissions. In deciding the transfer the case to the D.C. Circuit, the court held that centralized review of national issues was preferable and that Texas did not convincingly argue that the Fifth Circuit should hear the case because the state was challenging a local aspect of the rule.
12/29/2010
Decision
Order issued denying motion for stay pending the disposition of the petition for review.
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12/15/2010
Petition
Petition for review filed.
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Texas filed a challenge to EPA's "SIP Call," in which EPA found that 13 states did not apply their existing Prevention of Significant Deterioration programs to greenhouse gases and thus had “substantially inadequate” state implementation plans requiring revision.