Sierra Club Sues EPA Over Failure to Act On State Plans for 2008 Ozone Standards

摘要

The Sierra Club asked a federal district court to set a deadline for the Environmental Protection Agency to take required action on state plans for implementation of the 2008 ozone standards (Sierra Club v. McCarthy, N.D. Cal., No. 3:15-cv-4328, 9/22/15). The environmental group, in a lawsuit filed Sept. 22, alleged the EPA is in violation of a nondiscretionary duty under the Clean Air Act to approve or disapprove five submitted state plans for meeting "good neighbor" obligations to control ozone precursor emissions that could affect air quality in downwind areas. The group alleged that the EPA missed deadlines to act on state plans submitted by Louisiana, Montana, New York, South Dakota and Wisconsin.