United States Fifth Circuit

The EPA's approval of an extension of the statutory date for meeting ozone attainment standards was in violation of the Clean Air Act (CAA), but the EPA reasonably interpreted the CAA as not requiring any additional Reasonably Available Control Measures in a State Implementation Plan. (Revised opinion)

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/11/2002
• Published 12/31/2002

Judges

• DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:, Before DeMOSS, STEWART and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Marc Stephen Chytilo (argued), Santa Barbara, CA, Adam Lawrence Babich, Tulane Law Clinic, New Orleans, LA, for Petitioners., F. Walter Conrad, Jr., Jacob Scott Janoe, Matthew Lynn Kuryla, Baker Botts, Houston, TX, David Andrew Savage, Baker Botts, Austin, TX, for E.I. Dupont De Nemours & Co., Entergy Gulf States Inc., Exxonmobil Oil Corp. and Motiva Enterprises, Intervenors., John Stephen Carow, Austin, TX, for State of Texas and Texas Natural Resource Conservation Com'n, Intervenors., Patricia T. Barmeyer, L. Joseph Loveland, Randall J. Butterfield, King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA, for State of Georgia, Amicus Curiae., Donald James Trahan, Louisiana Dept. of Environmental Quality, Legal Dept., Baton Rouge, LA, for State of Louisiana, Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Christopher Boyd Peak (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environmental Defense Section, Christine T. Whitman, U.S. E.P.A., Washington, DC, Manisha Dilip Patel, U.S. E.P.A., Dallas, TX, for Respondents.