Dossier
Salvador Mendoza Jr.
Coverage of Salvador Mendoza Jr. in the Nexus archive.
- Ninth Circuit nixes EPA’s air quality plan in San Joaquin Valley
The Ninth Circuit ruled that the EPA improperly granted an exemption to California's air quality plan for the San Joaquin Valley, violating the Clean Air Act by inserting an unpermitted feasibility-based exemption. The decision remanded the issue to the EPA, with one judge dissenting over the feasibility consideration.