Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit

Issuing agencies

Abstract

In accordance with the Clean Air Act, as amended (CAA or the Act), notice is given of a proposed consent decree in Our Children's Earth Foundation v. Regan, No. 20-cv-8530 (N.D. Cal.). On December 2, 2020 and July 9, 2021, Our Children's Earth Foundation filed a complaint and an amended complaint, respectively, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, to compel the Administrator to assemble, publish, and publish notice of comprehensive documents setting forth the requirements of the state implementation plans ("SIPs") for all 50 states of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (collectively the "States"). The proposed consent decree would establish deadlines for EPA to take specified actions.