RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS

April 2011

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Ninth Circuit Finds EPA’s Review of California’s CAA State Implementation Plan for Air Quality Standards for Ozone Was Arbitrary and Capricious
Association of Irritated Residents v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ___F.3d___

On petition for review of an U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) final order, the Association of Irritated Residents, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and other environmental groups (collectively: IRR) challenged EPA’s approval, in part, and disapproval, in part, revisions to California’s “state implementation plan” (SIP) for ozone air quality standards under the Clean Air Act (CAA).