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Assignment

Finish material from last class on Mass. v. EPA.

Slides – Mass. v. EPA – Chevron – revised

The next critical case on the EPA power to regulate GHGs deals is Util. Air Regulatory Grp. v. E.P.A., 573 U.S. 302 (2014).

If you have not taken environmental law, you should review this short discussion of the regulatory standards in the CAA:

EPA information on the PSD program and BACT.

Util. Air Regulatory Grp. v. E.P.A., 573 U.S. 302 (2014) – annotated – UARG – PDF

I have deeply annotated the case to allow those of you without environmental law to follow the legal analysis.

UARG Study Guide Slides

UARG v. EPA – Dissent (annotated)

I prepared this detailed analysis of the dissent in light of the West Virginia v. EPA decision. In retrospect, this forecasted how the law would shift as the composition of the court changed.