RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS

October 2005

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Ninth Circuit Refuses to Overturn EPA’s Approval of California’s Central Valley Air Attainment Plan for Fine Particles—A 2010 Attainment Deadline Stays in Place
Association of Irritated Residents v. U.S. EPA, ___F.3d

The Ninth Circuit rejected challenges to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) approval of the California San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District’s (UAPCD) attainment plan for PM-10 pollutants, permitting a plan that was originally to be implemented in 2001 until 2010 to attain the stated air quality goals.