APPALACHIAN POWER CO. v. E.P.A.

Nos. 99-1200, 99-1205, 99-1206, 99-1246, 99-1266, 99-1285, 99-1289, 99-1291, 99-1292, 99-1293, 99-1295, 99-1299, 99-1300, 99-1301, 99-1303, 99-1304, 99-1306, 99-1307, 00-1013, 00-1021, 00-1022, 00-1024, 00-1038, 00-1042, 00-1050, 00-1071, 00-1074, 00-1077, 00-1083, 00-1087, 00-1088, 00-1096, 00-1097, 00-1098, 00-1099, 00-1102, 00-1103, 00-1105, 00-1106, 00-1107, 00-1108, 00-1109, 00-1110, 00-1113, 00-1114, 00-1119, 00-1122, 00-1123, 00-1125 & 00-1128.

249 F.3d 1032 (2001)

APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY, et al., Petitioners, v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondent, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental Protection, et al., Intervenors Consolidated with

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 15, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman W. Fichthorn, James C. Gulick, Special Deputy Attorney General, State of North Carolina, Lisa M. Jaeger, Brian J. Renaud and Anthony C. Sullivan argued the issues for petitioners. Counsel appearing with them on the briefs were Andrea Bear Field, Mel S. Schulze, James D. Elliott, Allison D. Wood, Grant Crandall, Eugene M. Trisko, Jeff F. Cherry, Kathy G. Beckett, Scott D. Goldman, David M. Flannery, Jeffrey J. Lettrich, Gale R. Lea, Charles S. Carter, Deborah Ann Hotel, Theodore L. Garrett, Michael D. Hockley, Terry W. Schackmann, Robert M. Sussman, Claudia M. O'Brien, Scott H. Segal, Charles E. Dunn, Rhonda Lee Ross, Robert L. Brubaker, Andrew S. Bergman, Alan H. McConnell, Kurt E. Blase, J. Jeffrey McNealey, Michael F. Easley, Attorney General, Grayson G. Kelley, Senior Deputy Attorney General, Thomas J. Ziko and J. Allen Jernigan, Special Deputy Attorneys General, Marc D. Bernstein, Assistant Attorney General, State of North Carolina, James M. Hauck, Gordon Alphonso, Stuart Pierson, Geoffrey K. Barnes, Scott T. Kragie, Lisa G. Dowden, Matthew W. Ward, Kathy G. Beckett, Scott Goldman, Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General, Peter H. Schiff, Senior Counsel, J. Jared Snyder and Michael J. Myers, Assistant Attorneys General, State of New York, Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General, William L. Pardee, Assistant Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, M. Dukes Pepper, Jr., Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Jennifer M. Granholm, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Alan F. Hoffman, Assistant Attorney General, State of Michigan, John G. Horne, II, Jack B. Bates, Susan Rose Green, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, Bryan F. Zima, Assistant Attorney General, State of Ohio, Mark L. Earley, Attorney General, Steward T. Leeth, Assistant Attorney General, Commonwealth of Virginia, Karen M. Freeman-Wilson, Attorney General, Steven D. Griffin, Deputy Attorney General, State of Indiana, Thomas H. Zerbe, Office of Legal Services, State of West Virginia, Bill Pryor, Attorney General, Prudence A. Cash-Brown, Assistant Attorney General, State of Alabama. Thomas Y. Au and Gene E. Godley entered appearances.

David J. Kaplan, Norman L. Rave, Jr. and Scott Williams, Attorneys, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for respondents. With them on the briefs were Lois J. Schiffer, Assistant Attorney General, Alexandra Teitz, Howard Hoffman and Dwight C. Alpern, Attorneys, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Christopher S. Vaden, Attorney, entered an appearance.

William L. Pardee, Assistant Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, argued the cause for intervenors Commonwealth of Massachusetts, et al. and amicus curiae State of New Jersey. With him on the briefs were Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General, J. Jared Snyder, Assistant Attorney General, State of New York, Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General, Richard F. Webb, Assistant Attorney General, State of Connecticut, M. Dukes Pepper, Jr., Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Philip McLaughlin, Attorney General, Maureen D. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, State of New Hampshire, William H. Sorrell, Attorney General, Dianne H. Sanford, Assistant Attorney General, State of Vermont, Sheldon Whitehouse, Attorney General, Tricia Jedele, Assistant Attorney General, State of Rhode Island, John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General, Howard Geduldig, Deputy Attorney General, State of New Jersey. Roger L. Chaffe, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Commonwealth of Virginia, and Ronald A. Shems, Assistant Attorney General, State of Vermont, entered appearances.

Andrea Bear Field, Norman W. Fichthorn and Mel S. Schulze appeared on the brief of Appalachian Power Company, et al. as intervenors.

David W. Marshall, Ann Brewster Weeks and David G. Hawkins appeared on the brief of intervenors Natural Resources Defense Council, et al. Raissa Griffin entered an appearance.

David P. Novello was on the brief of the Electric Generator intervenors.

Before: WILLIAMS, GINSBURG and SENTELLE, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed PER CURIAM.*

PER CURIAM.

                                 TABLE OF CONTENTS

   I. BACKGROUND ..............................................................1036

      A. Statutory Framework .................................................1037
      B. The NOx SIP Call ....................................................1037...

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