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Natural Resources Defense Council v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Geography
Year
2022
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
About this case
Filing year
2022
Status
Response filed by respondents to supplemental authority (American Public Gas Association v. Department of Energy).
Geography
Docket number
22-1080
Court/admin entity
United States → United States Federal Courts → United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Cir.)
Case category
Federal Statutory Claims (US) → Clean Air Act (US) → Industry Lawsuits (US) → Federal Vehicle Standards (US)
Principal law
United States → Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA)
At issue
Challenge to Biden administration fuel economy standards for model years 2024-2026.
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Documents
Filing Date
Document
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09/05/2023
Response filed by respondents to supplemental authority (American Public Gas Association v. Department of Energy).
Response
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08/30/2023
Letter filed by American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers and state petitioners regarding supplemental authority (American Public Gas Association v. Department of Energy).
Letter
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08/29/2023
Court issued order regarding format of oral argument.
On September 14, 2023, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral argument in challenges to EPA’s greenhouse gas emissions standards for light-duty vehicles for 2023 and later model years and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) fuel economy standards for model years 2024-2026. The oral argument regarding the EPA standards will focus on whether petitioners’ arguments are properly before the court, whether EPA’s rule is authorized under Section 202 of the Clean Air Act, and whether EPA’s rule is arbitrary and capricious. The oral argument regarding the fuel economy standards will focus on Energy Policy and Conservation Act preemption issues and arguments that NHTSA improperly considered factors such as the fuel economy of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles. A portion of the argument will also address issues regarding NHTSA’s treatment of high-compression-ratio Atkinson-enabled engines.
Decision
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06/23/2023
Oral argument scheduled for September 14, 2023.
Decision
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05/05/2023
Reply brief filed by petitioner American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers and state petitioners.
Reply
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05/05/2023
Reply brief filed by petitioner Natural Resources Defense Council.
Reply
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05/05/2023
Reply brief filed by intervenors in support of petitioners.
Reply
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04/11/2023
Brief filed by respondent-intervenors National Coalition for Advanced Transportation and Zero Emission Transportation Association.
Brief
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04/11/2023
Brief filed by respondent-intervenor public interest organizations.
Brief
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04/11/2023
Brief filed by state and local government respondent-intervenors.
Brief
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04/03/2023
Brief filed by amici curiae Senator Tom Carper and Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. in support of respondents.
Amicus Motion/Brief
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03/21/2023
Brief filed by respondents.
Brief
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12/08/2022
Brief filed by intervenors in support of petitioners.
Brief
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12/01/2022
Brief filed by Alliance for Automotive Innovation as amicus curiae in support of the state petitioners and petitioner American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers.
Amicus Motion/Brief
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12/01/2022
Brief filed by ConservAmerica as amicus curiae in support of petitions and remand to agency.
Amicus Motion/Brief
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12/01/2022
Brief filed by amicus curiae The Sulphur Institute in support of petitioner.
Amicus Motion/Brief
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12/01/2022
Brief filed by amici curiae Texas Oil & Gas Association et al. in support of certain petitioners.
Amicus Motion/Brief
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12/01/2022
Brief filed by amici curiae The Two Hundred for Homeownership and The 60 Plus Association.
Amicus Motion/Brief
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12/01/2022
Brief filed by amici curiae Western States Petroleum Association et al. in support of petitioner American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers and state petitioners.
Amicus Motion/Brief
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11/29/2022
Brief filed by amici curiae California Business Roundtable and California Manufacturers & Technology Association in support of petitioner American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers and state petitioners.
Amicus Motion/Brief
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11/17/2022
Brief filed by petitioner Natural Resources Defense Council.
Brief
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11/17/2022
Brief filed by petitioner American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers and state petitioners.
Brief
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08/12/2022
Clean Fuels Development Coalition et al.'s motion to intervene granted.
Decision
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08/03/2022
National Coalition for Advanced Transportation et al.'s, public interest organizations', and states and municipalities' motions for leave to intervene granted.
Decision
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08/01/2022
Motion for leave to intervene filed by public interest petitioners.
Motion To Intervene
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08/01/2022
Motion filed by states and municipalities for leave to intervene in support of respondents.
Motion To Intervene
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05/11/2022
Petition for review filed.
Challenges to the Biden administration's new fuel economy standards were filed on May 11, 2022 by Natural Resources Defense Council and on June 30 by 11 states led by Texas and by American Fuels & Petrochemical Manufacturers.
Petition
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Summary
Challenge to Biden administration fuel economy standards for model years 2024-2026.
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Target
Policy instrument
Risk
Impacted group
Just transition
Renewable energy
Fossil fuel
Greenhouse gas
Economic sector
Adaptation/resilience
Finance