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Air Alliance Houston v. EPA

Geography
Year
2024
Document Type
Litigation
Part of

About this case

Filing year
2024
Status
Proceeding severed and held in abeyance.
Docket number
24-1118
Court/admin entity
United StatesUnited States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.)United StatesUnited States Federal Courts
Case category
Federal Statutory Claims (US)Clean Air Act (US)Environmentalist Lawsuits (US)
Principal law
United StatesAdministrative Procedure Act (APA)United StatesClean Air Act (CAA)
At issue
Environmental organizations' challenge to Clean Air Act standards and emission guidelines for oil and gas source category.
Topics
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Documents

Filing Date
Document
Type
Topics 
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09/04/2024
Proceeding severed and held in abeyance.
The D.C. Circuit severed and held in abeyance a petition filed by three environmental organizations challenging EPA's emissions standards and guidelines for the oil and gas sector; the organizations had sought administrative reconsideration of issues that would overlap with the matters raised in their petition. The main challenge to the regulation is at <a href="https://climatecasechart.com/case/texas-v-epa-3/">Texas v. EPA</a> (No. 24-1054).
Decision
05/07/2024
Petition for review filed.
Three nonprofit organizations focused on environmental protection sought review of “certain discrete aspects of the final rule concerning the required destruction efficiency for flares and other control devices and the monitoring for these control devices.”
Petition

Summary

Environmental organizations' challenge to Clean Air Act standards and emission guidelines for oil and gas source category.

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Target
Policy instrument
Risk
Impacted group
Just transition
Renewable energy
Fossil fuel
Greenhouse gas
Economic sector
Adaptation/resilience
Finance