ARIZONA EX REL. DARWIN v. U.S. E.P.A.

No. 14-73368, No. 14-73384, No. 14-73386, No. 14-73394.

852 F.3d 1148 (2017)

State of ARIZONA, EX REL. Henry R. DARWIN, Director, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, Petitioner, v. U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; Scott Pruitt, Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Respondents. CalPortland Company, Petitioner, v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Respondent. Phoenix Cement Company, an enterprise division of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Petitioner, v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Respondent. ASARCO LLC, Petitioner, v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 3, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carroll McGuffey III (argued) and Justin Wong , Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, Georgia; Paul L. Gale , Troutman Sanders LLP, Irvine, California; Peter S. Glaser , Troutman Sanders LLP, Washington, D.C.; James T. Skardon , Assistant Attorney General, Environmental Enforcement Section; Mark Brnovich , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Phoenix, Arizona; for Petitioner State of Arizona.

Albert H. Acken (argued) and Fredric D. Bellamy , Ryley Carlock & Applewhite, Phoenix, Arizona, for Petitioner CalPortland Company.

Mark W. DeLaquil (argued) and Andrew M. Grossman , Baker & Hostetler LLP, Washington, D.C.; George A. Tsiolis , Englewood, New Jersey; for Petitioner Phoenix Cement Company.

Eric L. Hiser (argued) and Trevor J.L. Burggraff , Jorden Bischoff & Hiser PLC, Scottsdale, Arizona; George A. Tsiolis , Englewood, New Jersey; for Petitioner ASARCO LLC.

Samara M. Spence (argued), Trial Attorney; John C. Cruden , Assistant Attorney General; Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Matthew C. Marks and M. Lea Anderson , EPA Office of General Counsel, Washington, D.C.; Charlotte Withey , EPA Office of Regional Counsel, Region IX, San Francisco, California; for Respondents.

Before: Marsha S. Berzon, Jay S. Bybee, and John B. Owens, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

In the late 1970s, Congress declared it a "national goal" to improve air visibility in federal parks and forests. 42 U.S.C. § 7491(a)(1); see also 40 C.F.R. § 81.400 et seq. (listing all national parks, national monuments, and wilderness areas Congress sought to protect). To achieve...

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