AMERICAN CORN GROWERS ASS'N v. E.P.A.

Nos. 99-1348 through 99-1352, 99-1357 through 99-1359, 01-1111 through 01-1113.

291 F.3d 1 (2002)

AMERICAN CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION, Petitioner, v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondent. State of Michigan, Department of Environmental Quality, et al., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 24, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Glaser argued the cause for Industry petitioners and intervenors on the BART Issues in Case Nos. 99-1348, 99-1349, 99-1350, 99-1351, 99-1352, 99-1356, 99-1357, 99-1358 and 99-1359. With him on the joint briefs were Paul M. Seby, Henry V. Nickel, F. William Brownell, Michael L. Teague, Kevin L. Fast, David M. Flannery, Kathy G. Beckett, Scott D. Goldman, Harold P. Quinn, Jr., William H. Lewis, Jr., and Michael A. McCord.

Kevin L. Fast argued the cause for Industry petitioners in Case Nos. 01-1111, 01-1112 and 01-1113. With him on the joint briefs were Peter Glaser, Paul M. Seby, Henry V. Nickel, F. William Brownell, and Michael L. Teague.

David S. Baron argued the cause and filed the briefs for petitioner Sierra Club.

Jennifer M. Granholm, Attorney General, State of Michigan, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and John Fordell Leone, Assistant Attorney General, were on the briefs for intervenor State of Michigan.

Pamela S. Tonglao, Kenneth C. Amaditz, and H. Michael Semler, Attorneys, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the causes for respondents. With them on the brief was M. Lea Anderson, Attorney, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Erick Titrud argued the cause for intervenors State of Maine, State of New Hampshire, State of Vermont, and Tribal and Environmental intervenors. With him on the joint brief were Ann Brewster Weeks, Vickie L. Patton, William G. Grantham, G. Steven Rowe, Attorney General, State of Maine, Philip T. McLaughlin, Attorney General, State of New Hampshire, Maureen D. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and William H. Sorrell, Attorney General, State of Vermont.

Peter Glaser, Henry V. Nickel, F. William Brownell, Michael L. Teague, Kevin L. Fast, Paul M. Seby, Harold P. Quinn, Jennifer M. Granholm, Attorney General, State of Michigan, John Fordell Leone, Assistant Attorney General, David M. Flannery, Kathy G. Beckett, William H. Lewis, Jr., and Michael A. McCord were on the joint brief for Industry and State intervenors, in support of respondents.

Mark L. Shurtleff, Attorney General, State of Utah, Fred Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, and Susan M. McMichael were on the brief for amici curiae State of Utah and State of New Mexico Environment Department, in support of respondent EPA.

Before: EDWARDS, RANDOLPH, and GARLAND, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed PER CURIAM.

Opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part filed by Circuit Judge GARLAND.

PER CURIAM:

In 1999, the Environmental Protection Agency promulgated a final rule to address regional haze. See Regional Haze Regulations, 64 Fed.Reg. 35,714 (July 1, 1999). The Haze Rule calls for states to play the lead role in designing and implementing regional haze programs to clear the air in national parks and wilderness...

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