United States Ninth Circuit
National Parks Conservation Association v. US Environmental Protection Agency, 12-73710
Petitions for review, brought by environmental organizations and the owner/operator of hydroelectric plants in Montana, challenging the EPA's regional haze regulations for the State of Montana, which prescribe emission limits at certain power plants, are: 1) granted in part where EPA's "best available retrofit technology" (BART) concerning the Colstrip station was arbitrary and capricious; and 2) denied in part where EPA's determination, that installation of additional technology to control emissions from the Corette station was not cost effective, suffered from the same failure of explanation as its BART determinations at Colstrip.
Appellate Information
- Decided 06/09/2015
- Published 06/09/2015
Judges
- O'Scannlain
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit