Natural Resources Defense Council v. South Coast Air Quality Management District

ELR Citation: 41 ELR 20218
No(s). 09-57064 (9th Cir. Jun 29, 2011)

The Ninth Circuit upheld the dismissal of an environmental group's CAA claim challenging an air quality district's method for offsetting emissions increases in its new source review permit program. The district's regulation, contained in the state's EPA-approved SIP, requires that most increase...