The Ninth Circuit reversed a district court's dismissal of a challenge to BLM's authorization of construction on a transmission line through the San Pedro Valley. Native American tribes and environmental groups argued BLM violated the National Historic Preservation Act by issuing limited notices to ...

The Fifth Circuit agreed to rehear a petition for review that it previously denied concerning EPA's designation of two counties in Texas as nonattainment for the 2010 sulfur dioxide NAAQS. The state of Texas and a power plant operator argued EPA violated the CAA by ignoring monitoring data that purp...