Natural Resources Defense Council v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 7521 · 42 U.S.C. § 7525 · 42 U.S.C. § 7607
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · United States v. L. A. Tucker Truck Lines, Inc. · Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co. · Japan Whaling Ass'n v. American Cetacean Society · Peter J. Migliorini v. New York
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“followed by a number of exceptions to this broad concurrence. H.R.Conf.Rep. No. 564, 95th Cong., 1st Sess. 163 (1977), U.S.Code Cong. & Admin.News 1977, pp. 1077, 1543, reprinted in 3 U.S. Library of Congress, A Legislative History of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977, at 543 [hereinafter Leg. Hist.], J.A. at 14. The Conference Report does discuss, however, the reason for the NOx revision provision (the conferees were uncertain whether the specified standard would be obtainable and wanted to leave the agency room to adjust), again without mentioning”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“appear in both the original provision (Sec. [7521(a)(2) ] and the new one (Sec. [7521(a)(3)(A)(i) ], the context is no longer blandly neutral as to how the balance shall be struck. Congress was plainly convinced that standards set under the prior authority should be tightened, and the language it chose to express that conviction, modified by the new and compelling phrase”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“emission control. IV. PROCEDURAL CHALLENGES A. Must the Agency Give the Industry Four Years of Leadtime Before a NOx Revised Standard Takes Effect? The EMA contests the agency's setting a NOx revised standard that, promulgated in 1985, is now scheduled to go into effect in 1988 rather than 1990. 38 The EMA relies on the statutory prescription that a NOx revised standard”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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