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The Climate Litigation Database

New York v. EPA

Geography
🇺🇸 United States / District of Columbia
Date
2006
Document type
Litigation
Part of
New York v. EPA

About this case

Filing year
2006
Status
Settlement agreement modified to extend EPA's deadline for publishing proposed standards.
Geography
Docket number
06-1322
Court/admin entity
United States → United States Federal Courts → D.C. Cir.
Case category
Federal Statutory Claims → Clean Air Act → Environmentalist Lawsuits
Principal law
United States → Clean Air Act (CAA)
At issue
Challenge to EPA’s decision declining to regulate GHG emissions from power plants and steam generating units.

Documents

Filing Date
Type
Action Taken
Summary
Document
06/23/2011
Settlement Agreement
Settlement agreement modified to extend EPA's deadline for publishing proposed standards.
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12/23/2010
Settlement Agreement
Plaintiffs and EPA reached settlement under which EPA would propose greenhouse gas performance standards for new and modified electric generating units.
EPA announced that it had reached agreements in two lawsuits to propose sector-wide GHG emissions controls for electric utilities and petroleum refineries. The agreements call for EPA to propose revisions to new source performance standards and emissions guidelines for the industries, which include limits on GHGs. The new source performance standards will apply to new and modified facilities, while the emissions guidelines will apply to existing facilities. Under the agreement concerning electric power plants, EPA must propose the new standards by July 26, 2011 and finalize them by May 26, 2012.
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09/24/2007
Decision
Remanded to EPA for consideration in light of Massachusetts v. EPA.
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09/13/2006
Decision
Greenhouse gas issue severed, assigned new docket number, and held in abeyance pending Supreme Court decision in Massachusetts v. EPA.
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Summary

Challenge to EPA’s decision declining to regulate GHG emissions from power plants and steam generating units.