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122910P.pdf   03/14/2016  National Parks Conservation  v.  EPA
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  12-2910
                          and No:  12-3481
   Petition for Review of an Order of the Environmental Protection Administration   
[PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and Bye, Circuit Judge] Civil case - Environmental law. Petitions challenging the EPA's approval of the Minnesota Regional Haze State Implementation Plan denied; the EPA's explanation that the "Transport Rule" is better than source-specific "Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART)" had a rational basis and its reliance on the Transport Rule was not arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion or otherwise not in accordance with law; the EPA did not err in approving the reasonable progress goals in Minnesota's Plan as it was acting rationally within its sphere of expertise in approving the goals. Judge Bye, concurring in the result. 122910P.pdf 01/21/2016 National Parks Conservation v. EPA U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 12-2910 and No: 12-3481 Petition for Review of an Order of the Environmental Protection Administration
[PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge,and Bye, Circuit Judge] Petition for Review - Order of the Environmental Protection Agency. Petitions for review of the EPA's June 12, 2012 Minnesota Regional Haze State Implementation Plan denied; the EPA's approval of Transport Rule allowances as a better alternative to source-specific Best Available Retrofit Technology was not arbitrary,capricious, an abuse of discretion or otherwise not in accordance with law; challenge to the EPA's approval reasonable-progress determinations rejected. Judge Bye, concurring in the result.