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Volume 54, Issue 35

54 ELR 20166
No(s). 17-20545 (5th Cir. Dec 11, 2024)

In a per curiam opinion, a divided en banc Fifth Circuit affirmed a district court's civil penalty award of $14.25 million against an oil company in a long-running dispute concerning alleged CAA permit violations at an industrial complex in Baytown, Texas.

Keywords:
Clean Air Act (CAA)
54 ELR 20164
No(s). 23-3216/3225 (6th Cir. Dec 6, 2024)

The Sixth Circuit vacated EPA's 2023 disapproval of a SIP proposed by Kentucky to comply with Agency changes to ozone NAAQS.

Keywords:
Clean Air Act (CAA)
54 ELR 20167
No(s). 24-2194 (JEB) (D.D.C. Dec 11, 2024)

A district court granted EPA's motion to dismiss a TSCA citizen suit brought by environmental groups concerning fluorination.

Keywords:
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
54 ELR 20165
No(s). 1:24-cv-01722-TWP-MG (S.D. Ind. Dec 6, 2024)

A district court granted an electric transmission developer's motion for preliminary injunction against Indiana's 2023 law that granted incumbent transmission owners a right of first refusal to build transmission projects in their service areas.

Keywords:
Environmental Law and Policy/Governance