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New Jersey et al.v EPA.

País/Territorio
Estados Unidos de América
Tipo de la corte
Nacional - corte superior
Fecha
Dic 20, 2011
Fuente
UNEP, InforMEA
Nombre del tribunal
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia
Juez
Rogers, Tatel and Brown.
Número de referencia
No. 05-1097
Idioma
Inglés
Materia
Energía, Cuestiones jurídicas, Desechos y sustancias peligrosas
Palabra clave
Conservación de energía/producción de energía Responsabilidad/indemnización Sustancias peligrosas
Resumen
This is a motion for fees and costs under section 307(f) of the Clean Air Act, which authorizes courts to -- award costs of litigation (including reasonable attorney and expert witness fees) whenever they determine that such award is appropriate. In the underlying litigation, movants, a group of Native American tribes and tribal associations, intervened on behalf of petitioners who were challenging EPA rules regulating mercury emissions from power plants. See New Jersey v. EPA, 517 F.3d 574 (D.C. Cir. 2008). The Tribes also filed a petition for review challenging an ancillary regulation not at issue here. The Appeals Court vacated the mercury rules because it agreed with petitioners that the rules violated the Clean Air Act. Id. Petitioners sought fees, and EPA agreed to pay. The Appeals Court indicated, "Tribal Intervenors, who also pressed for vacatur, albeit on the basis of different arguments that we never reached, now ask us to order EPA to pay their fees and costs. EPA objects, claiming that Tribal Intervenors are ineligible for fee shifting. EPA also argues that even were Tribal Intervenors eligible, the size of their fee request is unreasonable and should be reduced by more than two-thirds. . . we conclude that Tribal Intervenors merit a fee award. We decline, however, to weigh in now on the appropriate amount; instead, we direct the parties to our Appellate Mediation Program."
Texto completo
COU-159441.pdf