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American Chemistry Council v. EPA

Filing Date: 2009
Case Categories:
  • Federal Statutory Claims
    • Clean Air Act
      • Industry Lawsuits
        • GHG Reporting Rule
Principal Laws:
Clean Air Act (CAA)
Description: Challenge to EPA’s reporting rule for greenhouse gas sources.
  • American Chemistry Council v. EPA
    Docket number(s): 09-1325
    Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
    Case Documents:
    Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary
    03/08/2011 Order Download Order issued dismissing six petitions and continuing to hold two petitions in abeyance.
    02/03/2011 Order Download Order issued granting motions to intervene.
    01/30/2011 Motion Download Joint motion to deconsolidate, docket, and dismiss certain petitions for review, and continue to hold certain petitions in abeyance pending settlement discussions. After EPA fully implemented the settlements, the parties in the consolidated actions moved for deconsolidation and dismissal of six of the petitions. The parties requested that Kinder Morgan's petition continue to be held in abeyance and that the remaining issue in Utility Air Regulatory Group's petition be severed and placed in a separate docket.
    07/20/2010 Settlement Agreement Download Settlement reached. The parties settled the lawsuit, whereby EPA agreed to make changes to monitoring and reporting requirements sought by the petitioners for emissions from fluorinated GHG production.
    12/28/2009 Petition for Review Petition for review filed. An industry group filed a petition with the D.C. Circuit seeking review of EPA’s rule requiring certain emitters of greenhouse gases must report their emissions.
  • American Petroleum Institute v. EPA
    Docket number(s): 09-1328
    Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
    Case Documents:
    Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary
    07/20/2010 Settlement Agreement Settlement announced. EPA agreed to modify monitoring and reporting requirements for oil refinery, fertilizer production, and for suppliers of natural gas.
    12/28/2009 Petition for Review Petition for review filed.
  • Energy Recovery Council v. EPA
    Docket number(s): 09-1326
    Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
    Case Documents:
    Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary
    07/20/2010 Settlement Agreement Settlement announced. The parties entered into a settlement agreement whereby EPA agreed to propose and finalize changes to reporting requirements for general stationary fuel combustion sources.
    12/28/2009 Petition for Review Petition for review filed.
  • Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA
    Docket number(s): 09-1333
    Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
    Case Documents:
    Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary
    07/20/2010 Settlement Agreement Download Settlement announced. EPA agreed to propose a new rule that would include technical changes to monitoring and reporting requirements. The settlement did not address an issue raised by Utility Air Regulatory Group regarding electronic submission of annual reports.
  • Environmental Defense Fund v. EPA
    Docket number(s): 09-1334
    Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
    Case Documents:
    Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary
    12/29/2009 Petition for Review Petition for review filed.
  • Kinder Morgan CO2 Co. v. EPA
    Docket number(s): 09-1332
    Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
    Case Documents:
    Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary
    12/29/2009 Petition for Review Petition for review filed.
  • American Public Gas Association v. EPA
    Docket number(s): 09-1331
    Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
    Case Documents:
    Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary
    07/20/2010 Settlement Agreement Download Settlement announced. EPA agreed to modify monitoring and reporting requirements for suppliers of natural gas.
  • Fertilizer Institute v. EPA
    Docket number(s): 09-1329
    Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
    Case Documents:
    Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary
    07/20/2010 Settlement Agreement Settlement announced. The parties entered into a settlement agreement where EPA agreed to modify monitoring and reporting requirements, including changes to the way greenhouse gas emissions from a plant are calculated.
    12/29/2009 Petition for Review Petition for review filed.

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