United States Ninth Circuit
Sierra Club v. EPA, 10-71457
On petition brought by several environmental groups for review of the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of the 2004 State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the San Joaquin Valley’s nonattainment area for the one-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard, the petition is granted with remand where the agency’s action in approving the challenged SIP in 2010 based on data current only as of 2004 was arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedures Act.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/20/2012
- Published 01/20/2012
Judges
- Ronald M. Gould
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Paul R. Cort, Ignacia S. Moreno