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National Wildlife Federation v. EPA

Filing Date: 2011
Case Categories:
  • Federal Statutory Claims
    • Other Statutes and Regulations
Principal Laws:
Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA)
Description: Challenge to denial of petition to set criteria for renewable fuels.
  • National Wildlife Federation v. EPA
    Docket number(s): 11-1110
    Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
    Case Documents:
    Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary
    04/18/2011 Complaint Complaint filed. An environmental nonprofit sued EPA following the agency’s denial of its petition to reconsider a rule that sets criteria for renewable fuels.  The lawsuit alleged that the rule violates a provision of the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) that is meant to protect native grasslands from being converted into feedstocks for biofuel production.  The nonprofit and other environmental groups petitioned EPA’s March 2010 rule that sets criteria for determining which biofuels meet the renewable fuels standard, arguing that the rule failed to require producers to verify that crops and crop residues used to produce renewable fuel complied with applicable land-use restrictions.

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