SCOTUS stays EPA 'Good Neighbor Plan' for cross-state smog program

| Importance: 6/10 | Status: confirmed

The Supreme Court granted a 5-4 stay on June 27, 2024, blocking the EPA’s Good Neighbor Plan addressing interstate ozone pollution while litigation proceeds. Justice Gorsuch’s majority opinion found EPA failed to reasonably explain its methodology after some states left the program. The stay affects enforcement in 11 states including California, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin. Justice Barrett’s dissent warned this leaves upwind states free to contribute to downwind neighbors’ ozone problems for years.

Key Actors

Supreme Court of the United States EPA Justice Neil Gorsuch (majority opinion) Justice Amy Coney Barrett (dissent) State of Ohio (applicant) State of Indiana (applicant) State of West Virginia (applicant)

Tags

administrative-law courts environment clean-air-act good-neighbor-provision ozone-pollution interstate-pollution shadow-docket

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