American Tradition Institute Environmental Law Center v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

ELR Citation: 43 ELR 20029
No(s). 1:12-cv-1066 (E.D. Va. Jan 31, 2013) (Trenga)

A district court dismissed a nonprofit group's lawsuit seeking to halt EPA studies that expose humans to fine particulate matter. The challenged EPA conduct does not constitute final agency action. EPA's alleged failure to comply with an agency rule does not constitute "agency action". And even if i...