Natural Resources Defense Council v. EPA
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
489 F.3d 1364
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The EPA created a low-risk subcategory for six hazardous air pollutants emitted during plywood and composite wood processing, finding they fell below the statutory cancer-risk ceiling, but did not establish separate emissions standards for the subcategory. Environmental groups petitioned for review, arguing the Act required emissions standards for every subcategory.
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Whether the Environmental Protection Agency lacks authority under § 112 of the Clean Air Act to create a low-risk subcategory of harmful air pollutants that does not establish emissions standards for the pollutants.
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