Natural Resources Defense Council v. Environmental Protection Agency
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
529 F.3d 1077
Relevant factsFree
The EPA's residual-risk rule for the synthetic organic chemicals industry allowed a cancer risk of up to 100 in one million under the technology-based standard. Petitioners argued the Clean Air Act required the EPA to set a stricter one-in-one-million risk standard for the industry.
IssueFree
Whether judicial deference will be given to the plain statutory meaning of the Clean Air Act.
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