SIERRA CLUB, Petitioner,
v.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY and Christine Todd Whitman, Administrator Respondents.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued February 4, 2002.
Decided July 2, 2002.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
David S. Baron argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Howard I. Fox.
Martin F. McDermott, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were John C. Cruden, Assistant Attorney General, and Sara Schneeberg, Attorney, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. David A. Carson, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, entered an appearance.
Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, State of Georgia, Patricia T. Barmeyer, Special Assistant Attorney General, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Attorney General, State of Missouri, James R. Layton, Solicitor, James E. Ryan, Attorney General, State of Illinois, A. Benjamin Goldgar, Assistant Attorney General, and Donald Trahan were on the brief for amici curiae State of Georgia, et al., in support of respondent. Katherine L. Rhyne entered an appearance.
Randolph A. Beales, Attorney General, Commonwealth of Virginia, Roger L. Chaffe, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Carl Josephson, Assistant Attorney General, were on the brief for amicus curiae Commonwealth of Virginia, in support of respondent.
Albert M. Ferlo, Jr., Sheila D. Jones, and John J. Bosley were on the brief for amicus curiae Metropolitan Washington Air Quality Committee, in support of respondent.
Before: GINSBURG, Chief Judge, EDWARDS and SENTELLE, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge GINSBURG.
GINSBURG, Chief Judge:
The Sierra Club petitions for review of a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency approving revisions to the state implementation plans for ozone in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. The Club contends the EPA was without authority to approve revised SIPs that extend the Area's deadline for attainment and do not provide for the States concerned to adopt reasonably available...
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