ELR Citation: 41 ELR 20223
No(s). 10-1056 (D.C. Cir. Jul 1, 2011)

The D.C. Circuit vacated an EPA guidance document addressing obligations of regions still in nonattainment of the 1997 one-hour ozone NAAQS. The guidance binds EPA regional directors and thus qualifies as final agency action. As such, it amounts to a legislative rule issued in violation of the ...