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LUMINANT GENERATION CO., L.L.C. v. U.S. E.P.A.

No. 10-60891.

675 F.3d 917 (2012)

LUMINANT GENERATION COMPANY, L.L.C.; Oak Grove Management Company, L.L.C.; Big Brown Power Company, L.L.C.; Luminant Mining Company, L.L.C.; Sandow Power Company, L.L.C.; Texas Association of Business; Texas Association of Manufacturers; Texas Oil & Gas Association; Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America; State of Texas, Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 26, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Stephen Gidiere, III , David R. Boyd , Steven G. McKinney , Balch & Bingham, L.L.P., Birmingham, AL, Harry Max Reasoner (argued), Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Houston, TX, John Aloysius Riley , Christopher Charles Thiele , Bracewell & Giuliani, L.L.P., Austin, TX, Eric Alan White , Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Petitioners Luminant Generation Co., L.L.C., Oak Grove Management Co., L.L.C., Big Brown Power Co., L.L.C., Luminant Mining Co., L.L.C., Sandow Power Co., L.L.C.

Samara Lackman Kline , Van Beckwith , Anika Christine Stucky , Baker Botts, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Matthew G. Paulson , Baker Botts, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Petitioners Luminant Mining Co., L.L.C., Sandow Power Co., L.L.C., Texas Ass'n of Business, Texas Ass'n of Manufacturers, Texas Oil & Gas Ass'n, Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

Jon Niermann (argued), Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of the Atty. Gen. for the State of Texas, John Reed Clay, Jr. , Office of the Atty. Gen., Office of the Sol. Gen., Austin, TX, for Petitioner State of Texas.

Daniel Pinkston (argued), Sr. Lit. Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environmental Defense Section, Denver, CO, Scott Fulton , Lisa P. Jackson , EPA, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Before BARKSDALE, GARZA and ELROD, Circuit Judges.

JENNIFER WALKER ELROD, Circuit Judge:

This case requires us to review the EPA's disapproval, more than three years after the time within which it was statutorily required to act, of three regulations promulgated by the State of Texas. 30 Tex. Admin. Code §§ 116.610(a), 116.610(b), and 116.617. Pursuant to Texas's duty under the Clean Air Act ("CAA" or "the Act"), 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq., to adopt and...

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