Weekly Cases Update Volume 55, Issue 2

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Volume 54, Issue 35

Environment Texas Citizen Lobby, Inc. v. ExxonMobil Corp.
ELR 2016617-20545(5th Cir., )

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)
Kentucky v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
ELR 2016423-3216/3225(6th Cir., )

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)
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility v. Regan
ELR 2016724-2194 (JEB)(D.D.C., )

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)
LSP Transmission Holdings II, LLC v. Huston
ELR 201651:24-cv-01722-TWP-MG(S.D. Ind., )

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

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