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Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Wheeler

Date
2020
Geography
District of Columbia
Part of
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Wheeler

About this case

Filing year
2020
Status
Unopposed motion for 30-day abeyance granted and revised briefing schedule set.
Geography
Docket number
20-1150
Court/admin entity
United States → D.C. Cir.United States → United States Federal Courts
Case category
Federal Statutory Claims → Clean Air Act → Environmentalist Lawsuits
Principal law
United States → Clean Air Act (CAA)
At issue
Challenge to revisions to the Refrigerant Management Program’s 2016 extension to substitute refrigerants (originally consolidated with industry challenge to 2016 rule (Nos. 17-1016 and 17-1017)).

Documents

Filing Date
Type
Action Taken
Document
Summary
05/09/2022
Decision
Unopposed motion for 30-day abeyance granted and revised briefing schedule set.
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03/22/2021
Decision
Unopposed motion for 90-day abeyance filed.
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03/18/2021
Motion
Unopposed motion for 90-day abeyance filed by EPA.
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11/25/2020
Motion
Joint unopposed motion filed by petitioner NRDC, state and municipal petitioners, and respondents EPA and Administrator Wheeler to amend briefing format.
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10/16/2020
Brief
Opening brief filed by petitioner NRDC and state and municipal petitioners.
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06/30/2020
Motion
Motion filed by EPA to consolidate with National Environmental Development Association’s Clean Air Project v. EPA, No. 17-1016.
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05/11/2020
Petition
Petition for review filed.
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Eleven states, two cities, and Natural Resources Defense Council filed petitions seeking review of EPA’s final rule titled “Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Revisions to the Refrigerant Management Program’s Extension to Substitutes.” The final rule revised 2016 regulations that extended refrigerant management regulations for refrigerants containing ozone-depleting substances to substitute refrigerants such as hydrofluorocarbons, which are greenhouse gases. The revised regulations limit leak repair and appliance maintenance requirements to ozone-depleting substances. Two consolidated cases challenging the 2016 regulations have been held in abeyance since April 2017.

Summary

Challenge to revisions to the Refrigerant Management Program’s 2016 extension to substitute refrigerants (originally consolidated with industry challenge to 2016 rule (Nos. 17-1016 and 17-1017)).