United States Eleventh Circuit

Dismissal of action against defendant brought under the citizen suit provision of the Clean Air Act is affirmed over claims that: 1) the district court improperly dismissed defendant's claims for injunctive and declaratory relief; 2) plaintiffs were not obligated to provide notice of intent to sue; 3) plaintiffs' letter complied with the notice requirement because it provided "sufficient information to permit the recipient to identify" the nature of their New Source Performance Standards claim; and 4) the district court erred in denying plaintiffs' motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of whether a certain project was a "major modification" triggering the requirements of New Source Review and the New Source Performance Standards.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/04/2007
• Published 10/04/2007

Judges

• GIBSON, Circuit Judge:, Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, and TJOFLAT and GIBSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• George E. Hays, San Francisco, CA, Reed Zars, Laramie, WY, William J. Moore, III, Jacksonville, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., Maria Victoria Gillen, Frank H. Lancaster, Harriet A. Cooper, TVA, Knoxville, TN, for TVA., Michael James Grode, Jr., Turner Environmental Law Clinic, Atlanta, GA, Michael J. Myers, Albany, NY, Robert D. Tambling, Montgomery, AL, F. William Brownell, Henry V. Nickel, Makram B. Jaber, Hunton & Williams, LLP, Washington, DC, P. Stephen Gidiere, III, Michael D. Freeman, Steven G. McKinney, Balch & Bingham, LLP, Birmingham, AL, for Amici Curiae.