Bluewater Network v. EPA
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
370 F.3d 1 (2004)
- Written by Heather Whittemore, JD
Facts
In 2002 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (defendant) promulgated a series of rules related to snowmobile emissions under the Clean Air Act after finding that snowmobile engines emitted a substantial amount of harmful pollution. The EPA set standards, which were to go into effect in 2012, requiring 70 percent of new snowmobiles to contain either direct injection two-stroke engines or four-stroke engines. These engine models were found to be more efficient and produce less pollution than the standard two-stroke engines that most snowmobile models contained. In determining its new standards, the EPA concluded that broader application of the standards beyond 70 percent of new models was not possible due to cost and technology restraints on snowmobile manufacturers. Bluewater Network (Bluewater) (plaintiff) challenged the EPA’s standards. Bluewater argued that the standards were arbitrary and capricious because the EPA failed to justify its conclusion that broader application of the standards was not possible.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Edwards, J.)
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