TEXAS v. U.S. E.P.A.

No. 16-60118.

829 F.3d 405 (2016)

State of TEXAS; Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; Public Utility Commission of Texas; Luminant Generation Company, L.L.C.; Big Brown Power Company, L.L.C.; Luminant Mining Company, L.L.C.; Big Brown Lignite Company, L.L.C.; Luminant Big Brown Mining Company, L.L.C.; Southwestern Public Service Company; Utility Air Regulatory Group; Coleto Creek Power, L.P.; NRG Texas Power, L.L.C.; Nucor Corporation, Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; Gina McCarthy, in her official capacity as Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed July 15, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Bennett , Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas, Kellie Elizabeth Billings-Ray , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Environmental Protection & Administrative Law Division, Austin, TX, for Petitioners State of Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Public Utility Commission of Texas.

Philip Stephen Gidiere, III, Esq. , David Welles Mitchell , Balch & Bingham, L.L.P., Birmingham, AL, Daniel Jude Kelly , Associate General Counsel, Stephanie Zapata Moore , Dallas, TX, David Welles Mitchell , Balch & Bingham, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Petitioners Luminant Generation Company, L.L.C., Big Brown Power Company, L.L.C., Luminant Mining Company, L.L.C., Big Brown Lignite Company, L.L.C., Luminant Big Brown Mining Company, L.L.C.

Debra J. Jezouit , William M. Bumpers , Baker Botts, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Ann M. Seha , Assistant General Counsel, Minneapolis, MN, for Petitioner Southwestern Public Service Company.

Norman William Fichthorn, Esq. , Aaron Michael Flynn , Hunton & Williams, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Petitioner Utility Air Regulatory Group.

Derek Raymond McDonald , Carlos Ricardo Romo, Esq. , Baker Botts, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Petitioner Coleto Creek Power, L.P.

Aaron Michael Streett , Devi Chandrasekaran , Matthew Lynn Kuryla , Baker Botts, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Petitioner NRG Texas Power, L.L.C.

David Richard Taggart, Esq. , Bradley, Murchison, Kelly & Shea, L.L.C., Shreveport, LA, Mark H. Allison, Esq. , Dover Dixon Horne , P.L.L.C., Little Rock, AR, Natalie J. Taylor , Attorney, Bradley, Murchison, Kelly & Shea, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Petitioner Nucor Corporation.

Eugene Marc Trisko, Esq. , Law Offices of Eugene M. Trisko, Berkeley Springs, WV, for Intervenor Local Union 2337 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

Mark L. Walters , Office of the Attorney General, Environmental Protection & Administrative Law Division, Michael J. Nasi , Jackson Walker , L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Intervenors Balanced Energy for Texas, Texas Mining and Reclamation Association.

Clinton Frederick Beckner, III , Sidley Austin , L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Intervenor Texas Association of Business, Bay City Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture, Baytown Chamber of Commerce, Cedar Park Chamber of Commerce, Clear Lake Area Chamber of Commerce.

David Aiken Carson, Esq. , Senior Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental Defense Section, Denver, CO, Dustin J. Maghamfar , Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Brenda Mallory , Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, for Respondents United States Environmental Protection Agency, Gina McCarthy, in her official capacity as Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

Mary Melissa Whittle , Earthjustice, Austin, TX, Matthew Gerhart , Earthjustice, Denver, CO, for Intervenor National Parks Conservation Association.

Before CLEMENT, ELROD, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.


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