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151615P.pdf 06/08/2016 Nucor Steel - Arkansas v. Big River Steel
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 15-1615
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Jonesboro
[PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Loken and Kelly, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Environmental law. While plaintiff's allegations that Big
River violated the Arkansas State Implementation Plan (SIP)presented a
challenge to an emission standard or limitation as that term is defined in
42 U.S.C. Sec. 7604(f)(4), plaintiff did not allege the repeated or
ongoing violations necessary to support a citizen suit under Section
7604(a)(1) of the Act, and the district court did not err in concluding it
lacked jurisdiction under Section 7604(a)(1); defendant had a permit and
the district court did not err in finding it lacked jurisdiction under
Section 7604(a)(3) to entertain plaintiff's allegations that defendant did
not meet the requirements to obtain the permit; in sum, the district court
did not err in finding the Clean Air Act does not authorize a
preconstruction citizen suit against a party that has obtained a permit;
the district court did not err in barring plaintiff's Title I claims based
on the availability of Title V review.