Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 22.09.2011

Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit

In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended ("CAA"), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a proposed partial consent decree, to address a lawsuit filed by Sierra Club in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia: Sierra Club v. EPA, No. 1: 10-cv-1541 (CKK). Plaintiff filed a complaint alleging that EPA failed to perform mandatory duties under sections 110(c)(1) and (k)(2) of the CAA, 42 U.S.C. 7410(c)(1), (k)(2), to: (1) Promulgate a federal implementation plan ("FIP") for the State of Texas that meets the requirements of CAA section 110(a)(2)(D)(i) for the 1997 fine particulate matter ("PM2.5") and the 1997 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standards ("NAAQS"); (2) promulgate a FIP for the State of Texas that meets the requirements of CAA Section 110(a)(2) for the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS; and (3) take final approval/disapproval action pursuant to CAA section 110(k)(3) on the state implementation plan ("SIP") that Texas submitted for implementation of the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS. The partial proposed consent decree establishes deadlines for EPA to take these actions.