ELR Citation: 55 ELR 20062
No(s). 24-60084 (5th Cir. May 21, 2025)

The Fifth Circuit dismissed environmental groups' petition to review an EPA rule granting Louisiana primary enforcement authority over Class VI underground carbon sequestration wells. The groups petitioned under the SDWA's review provision, and the state and its Department of Energy and Natural Resources intervened. The court found the groups could not trace any alleged injuries to EPA's grant of primacy to the state because the same wells could be built with or without EPA granting primacy, and thus failed to demonstrate standing. It dismissed the petition.