Sixteen AGs Filed Petition for Review Challenging EPA’s Delay of Air Quality Designations for Ozone

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman led a coalition of 16 attorneys general in filing a petition for review challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) actions “illegally stalling the designation of areas impacted by unhealthy levels of ground-level ozone (known as smog) – vital to protecting New Yorkers and other Americans from dangerous pollution.”

• Documents: Petition for Review
• Document Type: Petitions
• States: California Connecticut Delaware Illinois Iowa Maine Massachusetts Minnesota New Mexico New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Vermont Washington Washington, D.C.
• Agencies: Environmental Protection Agency
• Issues: Clean Air & Climate Clean Air Act Ozone
• Era: Trump Administration
• Outcome: Win
• Explanation of Outcome:This case is marked a win because EPA issued the designations the coalition was seeking, though the court dismissed the case despite the coalition’s interest in continuing with proceedings.
• Action Type: Litigation