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NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL v. American Petroleum Institute, Intervenor (2018)

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL and Sierra Club, Petitioners v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY and Andrew Wheeler, Respondents American Petroleum Institute, Intervenor

No. 16-1413

Decided: July 20, 2018

Before: Griffith and Katsas, Circuit Judges, and Edwards, Senior Circuit Judge

John DuVal Walke, Esquire, Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, DC, Margaret Hsieh, Nancy S. Marks, Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, NY, for Petitioner Natural Resources Defense Council Sanjay Narayan, Sierra Club, Oakland, CA, for Petitioner Sierra Club Sue Si Chen, Trial Attorney, Jeffrey Heath Wood, Acting Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, (DOJ) Environment and Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, for Respondents Caroline Lobdell, Western Resources Legal Center, Portland, OR, for Amicus Curiae for Respondent National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Public Lands Council, Kansas Livestock Association, Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association Aaron Michael Flynn, Lucinda Minton Langworthy, Esquire, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae for Respondent American Petroleum Institute

JUDGMENT

This cause came on to be heard on the petition for review of a final agency decision of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and was argued by counsel. On consideration thereof, and in accordance with the opinion of the court filed herein this date, it is

ORDERED that the court's order filed January 18, 2017, granting American Petroleum Institute's (“API”) motion for leave to intervene be vacated, and API be permitted to proceed as amicus curiae in this case. It is

FURTHER ORDERED and ADJUDGED that the petition for review be denied.

Per Curiam

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge Griffith.

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NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL v. American Petroleum Institute, Intervenor (2018)

Docket No: No. 16-1413

Decided: July 20, 2018

Court: United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

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