Sierra Club v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ELR Citation: 44 ELR 20184 No(s). 11-73342, -73356 (9th Cir. Aug 12, 2014)
The Ninth Circuit vacated and remanded EPA's decision to issue a PSD permit allowing a power company to build and operate a 600 megawatt natural gas-fired power plant. EPA missed the one-year statutory deadline to grant or deny the permit; during this same period, EPA tightened the applicable air qu...