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Timestamp: 2019-04-24 17:50:38+00:00

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The EPA authority under the Clean Air Act includes the power to mandate the inclusion of emissions-control designations in pre-construction permits AND the power to determine whether the designations are in accord with the provisions of the Act.
United States v. Duke Energy Corp.
When Congress mandates a specific definition of a statutory term, an agency cannot interpret the meaning of the term differently under its regulations. Only increases in per hour emissions are modifications requires preapproval.
Polluters may trade emissions allowances with other polluters in the state, but neighboring states may still petition the EPA for relief under the Clean Air Act.
Environmental Assessment; when an agency has no ability to prevent a certain effect, the agency cannot be considered a legally relevant cause of such effect; so under NEPA, the agency need not consider these effects in its EA.
Administrative Procedures Act allows federal courts to compel agency action unlawfully withheld and unreasonably delayed only for claims involving a specific agency action—a rule, order, license, sanction, or relief—required of agency by law.
Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. United States; CERCLA does not mandate joint and several liability; scope of liability must be determined from traditional and evolving principles of common law.
United States v. Atlantic Research Corp; CERCLA § 107(a)(4)(B) provides Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs) with a cause of action to recover, from other PRPs, costs voluntarily incurred in cleaning up a contaminated site; contribution.
Environmental Defense v. Duke Energy Corp; A Clean Air Act permit is required for any physical change in, or change in the method of operation of, a major stationary source that would result in a significant net emissions increase of any pollutant.
Center for Biological Diversity v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; NHTSA has a duty to assess environmental impacts, including impact on climate change, of rules; enviornmental impact statement.

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