NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE v. SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DIST.

No. 09-57064.

651 F.3d 1066 (2011)

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC., a non-profit corporation; Communities for a Better Environment, a California non-profit corporation; Coalition for a Safe Environment, a California non-profit corporation; Desert Citizens Against Pollution, a California non-profit corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT; Governing Board of the South Coast Air Quality Management District; Barry Wallerstein, Executive Officer, Defendants-Appellees, and Orange County Sanitation District; Southern California Edison Co.; Walnut Creek Energy LLC; CPV Sentinel LLC; County Sanitation District No. 2 of Los Angeles County; El Segundo Power LLC; Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce; Los Angeles County Business Federation, Intervenor-Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 29, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angela J. Meszaros, Law Offices of Angela Johnson Meszaros, South Pasadena, CA, (argued); Adriano Martinez, Natural Resources Defense Council, Santa Monica, CA; Shana Lazerow, Communities for a Better Environment, Oakland, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Bradley R. Hogin,   Ricia R. Hager, Woodruff, Spradlin & Smart, APC, Costa Mesa, CA; Kurt R. Wiese and Barbara Baird, South Coast Air Quality Management District, Diamond Bar, CA, for the defendants-appellees.

Robert A. Wyman,   Michael G. Romey and Megan E. Lorenz, Latham & Watkins LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for intervenor-defendants-appellees Southern California Edison Company, Walnut Creek Energy LLC, CPV Sentinel LLC, El Segundo Power LLC, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, and Los Angeles County Business Federation.

Daniel V. Hyde,   Paul J. Beck, and Raymond R. Barrera, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the Intervenor-Defendants-Appellees County Sanitation District No. 2 of Los Angeles County and Orange County Sanitation District.

Before: STEPHEN S. TROTT and PAMELA ANN RYMER, Circuit Judges, and RALPH R. BEISTLINE, Chief District Judge.


OPINION

RYMER, Circuit Judge:

The Natural Resources Defense Council and other groups (collectively, the NRDC) appeal the dismissal of their claims against the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm. The district court did not err in determining it lacked jurisdiction over the alleged violations of Clean Air Act § 173(c). Nor...

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