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West Virginia v. EPA

Geography
🇺🇸 United States / District of Columbia
Year
2016
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
North Dakota v. EPA

About this case

Filing year
2016
Status
Petition for review filed.
Geography
🇺🇸 United States → District of Columbia
Docket number
16-1220
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) → Clean Power Plan (US)
Principal law
United States → Clean Air Act (CAA)
At issue
Challenge to EPA's performance standards for greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed power plants.
Topics

Documents

Filing Date
Document
Type
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07/01/2016
Petition for review filed.
Twenty-three states or state agencies or officials filed a petition for review in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) denial of petitions for reconsideration of its new source performance standards for greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. EPA published notice of its denial of the petitions for reconsideration in May.
Petition

Summary

Challenge to EPA's performance standards for greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed power plants.

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Group
Topics
Greenhouse gas