Reno-Sparks Indian Colony v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

336 F.3d 899 RENO-SPARKS INDIAN COLONY; Great Basin Mine Watch, Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondent, Newmont USA Limited, d/b/a Newmont Mining Corporation; State of Nevada, Division of Environmental Protection, Respondents-Intervenors. No. 02-71503. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted February 10, 2003. Filed July 16, 2003. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Roger Flynn, Bradley A. Bartlett, Western Mining Action Project, Boulder, Colorado, for the petitioners. Andrew J. Doyle, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., for the respondent. Marcy G. Glenn, Denise W. Kennedy, Holland & Hart, L.L.P., Denver, Colorado; William J. Frey, Deputy Attorney General, Carson City, Nevada, for the respondents-intervenors. On Petition for Review of an Order of the Environmental Protection Agency. Before: CANBY, O'SCANNLAIN, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges. CANBY, Circuit Judge. 1 This appeal presents the question whether the Clean Air Act program to prevent deterioration of air quality is administered in Nevada: (1) in large air quality planning units encompassing all or…