Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District v. United States Environmental Protection Agency, Et A

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS SEP 5 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MOJAVE DESERT AIR QUALITY No. 23-1411

MANAGEMENT DISTRICT,

EPA Nos. Petitioner, EPA–R09–OAR–2022–0338

FRL–10269–02–R9

v.

UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL MEMORANDUM*

PROTECTION AGENCY; MICHAEL S.

REGAN, Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency,

Respondents.

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Environmental Protection Agency

Argued and Submitted August 20, 2024 San Francisco, California

Before: BRESS and VANDYKE, Circuit Judges, and LASNIK,** District Judge.

The Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District (“Mojave” or “the

District”) petitions for review of the EPA’s limited disapproval of the District’s

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Robert S. Lasnik, United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington, sitting by designation. revisions to its portion of California’s state…