In re: Murray Energy Corporation v. EPA, et al

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OPINIONS and JUDGMENT filed: All pending motion to dismiss are DENIED. Decision for publication. Damon J. Keith (DISSENTING); David W. McKeague (AUTHORING), and Richard Allen Griffin (CONCURRING IN THE JUDGMENT), Circuit Judges. [15-3751, 15-3799, 15-3817, 15-3820, 15-3822, 15-3823, 15-3831, 15-3837, 15-3839, 15-3850, 15-3853, 15-3858, 15-3885, 15-3887, 15-3948, 15-4159, 15-4162, 15-4188, 15-4211, 15-4234, 15-4305, 15-4404]

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Case: 15-3751 Document: 72-1 Filed: 02/22/2016 Page: 1 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT Deborah S. Hunt Clerk 100 EAST FIFTH STREET, ROOM 540 POTTER STEWART U.S. COURTHOUSE CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202-3988 Filed: February 22, 2016 Ms. Loren L. AliKhan Office of the Attorney General of the District of Columbia 441 Fourth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20001 Mr. Andrew B. Ayers Office of the Attorney General of New York The Capital Albany, NY 12054 Mr. Philip Bein Office of the Attorney General of New York The Capital Albany, NY 12054 Ms. Lorelei M Bensel Oregon Department of Justice 1162 Court Street, N.E. Salem, OR 97301 Mr. Timothy S. Bishop Mayer Brown 71 S. Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606 Mr. Adam Franklin Blalock Hopping Green & Sams 119 S. Monroe Street Suite 300 Tallahassee, FL 32301 Tel. (513) 564-7000 www.ca6.uscourts.gov Case: 15-3751 Document: 72-1 Filed: 02/22/2016 Mr. Daniel Paul Bock Office of the Attorney General Environmental Protection Division 525 W. Ottawa Street Suite 640 G. Mennen Williams Building Lansing, MI 48909-0000 Mr. Edward Grant Bohlen Office of the Attorney General of Hawaii 465 S. King Street Honolulu, HI 96813 Ms. Kay R. Bonza New Mexico Environment Department 121 Tijeras Avenue, N.E. Suite 1000 Albuquerque, NM 87102 Mr. Andrew Lynn Brasher Office of the Attorney General of Alabama 501 Washington Avenue Montgomery, AL 36111 Ms. Janette K. Brimmer Earthjustice 705 Second Avenue Suite 203 Seattle, WA 98104-0000 Mr. Craig A. Bromby North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources 215 W. Jones Street Raleigh, NC 27603 Ms. Karma B. Brown Hunton & Williams 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20037 Ms. Kristy A. N. Bulleit Hunton & Williams 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20037 Page: 2 Case: 15-3751 Document: 72-1 Mr. John J. Bursch Warner, Norcross & Judd 111 Lyon Street, N.W. Suite 900 Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Mr. Jeffrey A. 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Box 7857 Madison, WI 53707-7857 Mr. Duncan Stuart Kemp IV Louisiana Deptartment of Justice Civil Division-Environmental Section 1885 N. Third Street Sixth Floor Baton Rouge, LA 70802 Mr. Jeffrey M. Kendall Filed: 02/22/2016 Page: 7 Case: 15-3751 Document: 72-1 State of New Mexico 1190 St. Francis Drive Suite N-4050 Sante Fe, NM 87505 Mr. Michael B. Kimberly Mayer Brown 1999 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20006 Mr. Scot L. Kline Office of the Attorney General of Vermont 109 State Street Montpelier, VT 05609-1001 Mr. Justin D. Lavene Office of the Attorney General of Nebraska P.O. Box 98920 Lincoln, NE 68509 Mr. Ronald Lavigne Office of the Attorney General Ecology Division P.O. Box 40117 Olympia, WA 98506 Mr. Steven J. Lechner Mountain States Legal Foundation 2596 S. Lewis Way Lakewood, CO 80227-0000 Mr. Elbert Lin Office of the Attorney General of West Virginia 1900 Kanawha Boulevard, E. E-26 Charleston, WV 25305-0000 Mr. Benjamin S. Lippard Vinson & Elkins 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Suite 500 W. Washington, DC 20037 Filed: 02/22/2016 Page: 8 Case: 15-3751 Document: 72-1 Mr. Jon Michael Lipshultz U.S. Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division P.O. Box 7611 Washington, DC 20044 Mr. John R. Lopez IV Office of the Attorney General of Arizona 1275 W. Washington Street Phoenix, AZ 85007 Ms. Martha Mann U.S. Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division P.O. Box 23986 Washington, DC 20026 Mr. S. Peter Manning Office of the Attorney General of Michigan P.O. Box 30217 Lansing, MI 48116 Mr. Jeremy C Marwell Vinson & Elkins 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Suite 500 W. Washington, DC 20037 Ms. Elizabeth P. McCarter Office of the Attorney General of Tennessee P.O. Box 20207 Nashville, TN 37202 Ms. Kerry L. McGrath Hunton & Williams 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20037 Mr. Charles David McGuigan Office of the Attorney General of South Dakota 1302 E. Highway 14 Suite 1 Filed: 02/22/2016 Page: 9 Case: 15-3751 Document: 72-1 Pierre, SD 57501-4106 Mr. John K. McManus Office of the Attorney General of Missouri P.O. Box 899 Jefferson City, MO 65102 Mr. Matthew Bryan Miller Office of the Attorney General of Texas P.O. Box 12548 Austin, TX 78711 Mr. Eric E. Murphy Office of the Attorney General of Ohio 30 E. Broad Street 17th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 Ms. Jessica O'Donnell U.S. Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division P.O. Box 7611 Washington, DC 20044 Ms. Margaret I. Olson Office of the Attorney General of North Dakota 500 N. Ninth Street Bismarck, ND 58501 Ms. Lee Ann Rabe Office of the Attorney General 30 E. Broad Street 16th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 Mr. Peter T. Reed Office of the Attorney General of Ohio 30 E. Broad Street 17th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 Filed: 02/22/2016 Page: 10 Case: 15-3751 Document: 72-1 Mr. Craig W. Richards State of Alaska Department of Law 1031 W. 4th Avenue Suite 200 Anchorage, AK 99501 Mr. Gregory C. Ridgley Office of the State Engineer P.O. Box 25102 Santa Fe, NM 87504 Mr. John Quentin Melcher Riegel National Association of Manufacturers 733 10th Street, N.W. Suite 700 Washington, DC 20001 Ms. Kirsten S. P. Rigney Office of the Attorney General of Connecticut 55 Elm Street Second Floor Hartford, CT 06106 Mr. David Ross Office of the Attorney General of Wyoming 2320 Capitol Avenue Cheyenne, WY 82002 Mr. Lowell Mark Rothschild Bracewell & Patterson 111 Congress Avenue Suite 2300 Austin, TX 78701-0000 Mr. James N. Saul Lewis & Clark Law School 10015 S.W. Terwilliger Boulevard Portland, OR 97219 Mr. Matthias L. Sayer New Mexico Department of Game and Fish 1 Wildlife Way Santa Fe, NM 87507 Filed: 02/22/2016 Page: 11 Case: 15-3751 Document: 72-1 Mr. Seth Schofield Office of the Attorney General Massachusetts One Ashburton Place 18th Foor Boston, MA 02108 Mr. Paul Martin Seby Greenberg Traurig 1200 Seventeenth Street Suite 2400 Denver, CO 80202 Ms. Jennifer Anne Simon Kazmarek Mowrey Cloud Laseter 1230 Peachtree Street, N.E. Suite 3600 Atlanta, GA 30309 Ms. Deborah Ann Sivas Mills Legal Clinic Environmental Law Clinic 559 Nathan Abbott Way Stanford, CA 94305 Mr. Brooks Meredith Smith Troutman Sanders P.O. Box 1122 Richmond, VA 23218 Mr. James Emory Smith Jr. Office of the Attorney General of South Carolina P. O. Box 11549 Columbia, SC 29211 Ms. Jennifer Ann Sorenson Natural Resources Defense Council 111 Sutter Street 20th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104-0000 Mr. Wayne K. Stenehjem Office of the Attorney General of North Dakota 500 N. Ninth Street Filed: 02/22/2016 Page: 12 Case: 15-3751 Document: 72-1 Bismarck, ND 58501 Ms. Alicia E. Thesing Mills Legal Clinic Environmental Law Clinic 559 Nathan Abbott Way N150 Stanford, CA 94305 Mr. Andrew Turner Hunton & Williams 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20037 Mr. Lawrence VanDyke Office of the Attorney General of Nevada 100 N. Carson Street Carson City, NV 89701 Ms. Jennifer L. Verleger Office of the Attorney General of North Dakota 500 N. Ninth Street Bismarck, ND 58501 Ms. Catherine Wannamaker Southern Environmental Law Center 463 King Street Suite B Charleston, SC 29403 Mr. Justin T. Wong Troutman Sanders 600 Peachtree Street, N.E. Suite 5200 Atlanta, GA 30308 Ms. Mary Jo Woods Office of the Attorney General of Mississippi P.O. Box 220 Jackson, MS 39205 Mr. Frederick Richard Yarger Office of the Attorney General Filed: 02/22/2016 Page: 13 Case: 15-3751 Document: 72-1 Filed: 02/22/2016 Page: 14 Of Colorado 1300 Broadway Tenth Floor Denver, CO 80203 Ms. Tamara Zakim Earthjustice 50 California Street San Francisco, CA 94111 Case No. 15-3751/15-3799/15-3817/15-3820/15-3822/15-3823/153831/15-3837/15-3839/15-3850/15-3853/15-3858/15-3885/15Re: 3887/15-3948/15-4159/15-4162/15-4188/15-4211/15-4234/154305/15-4404, In re: Murray Energy Corporation v. EPA, et al Originating Case No. : EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0880 Dear Counsel, The court today announced its decision in the above-styled case. Enclosed is a copy of the court’s opinions together with the judgment which has been entered in conformity with Rule 36, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. Yours very truly, Deborah S. Hunt, Clerk Cathryn Lovely Deputy Clerk Enclosures

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