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Effective Clean Air Act Enforcement In The Face Of Statute-Of-Limitations And Successor Liability Barriers, Paul Wierenga
Effective Clean Air Act Enforcement In The Face Of Statute-Of-Limitations And Successor Liability Barriers, Paul Wierenga
Student Articles and Papers
The volume of NOX andSO2 emissions each year from unregulated, grandfathered power plants demonstrates that the goal of the CAA's PSD program, to ensure that air quality standards under NAAQS do not in effect become a ceiling, has achieved only limited success. One significant challenge under the PSD program is the difficulty associated with identifying major emitting facilities that have made major modiciations. This repeatedly results in statute-of-limitations problems for enforcement efforts. To resolve this enforcement difficulty, reviewing courts have split into two competing interpretations of the statutory and regulatory requirements of the PSD program. The proper interpretation …
Massachusetts V. Environmental Protection Agency, Exploring The Merits Of Greenhouse Gas Regulation, Elise Korican
Massachusetts V. Environmental Protection Agency, Exploring The Merits Of Greenhouse Gas Regulation, Elise Korican
Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary
The purpose of this case note is to explore the Supreme Court's decision in Massachusetts v. EPA. Part II provides the historical background of global warming, related legislation, the enactment of the Clean Air Act and later amendments, as well as relevant case holdings as to judicial review of agency decisions and implementation of the Clean Air Act. Part III sets out the operative facts of the Massachusetts v. EPA case beginning with the initial rulemaking petition, through the decision of the district court of appeals, and describes the facts as presented to the Supreme Court. Part IV outlines the …