No. 21-519

Growth Energy v. American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, et al.

Lower Court: District of Columbia
Docketed: 2021-10-07
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: administrative-law clean-air-act environmental-regulation epa-interpretation ethanol-blending ethanol-waiver fuel-blends reid-vapor-pressure statutory-construction statutory-interpretation volatility-limit
Key Terms:
Environmental AdministrativeLaw SocialSecurity
Latest Conference: 2022-01-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the United States Environmental Protection Agency may interpret the ethanol-waiver provision in 42 U.S.C. § 7545(h)(4) to apply to fuel blends whose concentration of ethanol exceeds 10 percent

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED The Clean Air Act prohibits the summertime sale of gasoline whose volatility, measured in Reid Vapor Pressure, exceeds 9 pounds per square inch. 42 U.S.C. § 7545(h)(1). Blending ethanol into gasoline increases the gasoline’s volatility. So, to promote the use of ethanol in gasoline, the Act includes an “[e]thanol waiver” that increases the summertime volatility limit by 1 pound per square inch “{flor fuel blends containing gasoline and 10 percent denatured anhydrous ethanol.” 42 U.S.C. § 7545(h)(4). The question presented is: Whether the United States Environmental Protection Agency may interpret the ethanol-waiver provision in 42 U.S.C. § 7545(h)(4) to apply to fuel blends whose concentration of ethanol exceeds 10 percent. @

Docket Entries

2022-01-10
Petition DENIED.
2021-12-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-12-21
Reply of petitioner Growth Energy filed. (Distributed)
2021-12-08
Brief of respondent United States Environmental Protection Agency in opposition filed.
2021-11-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 8, 2021.
2021-11-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 8, 2021 to December 8, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-11-03
Waiver of right of respondents American Petroleum Institute; American Motorcyclist Association; Citizens Concerned About E15; Coalition of Fuel Marketers; National Marine Manufacturers Association to respond filed.
2021-10-28
Waiver of right of respondents American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers to respond filed.
2021-10-25
Brief of respondents Urban Air Initiative, Inc., et al. in support filed.
2021-10-07
Waiver of right of respondents Renewable Fuels Association; National Corn Growers Association to respond filed.
2021-10-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 8, 2021)

Attorneys

American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers
Elizabeth Boucher DawsonCrowell & Moring LLP, Respondent
Elizabeth Boucher DawsonCrowell & Moring LLP, Respondent
American Petroleum Institute; American Motorcyclist Association; Citizens Concerned About E15; Coalition of Fuel Marketers; National Marine Manufacturers Association
Kevin Franz KingCovington & Burling LLP, Respondent
Kevin Franz KingCovington & Burling LLP, Respondent
Growth Energy
Seth P. WaxmanWilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Petitioner
Seth P. WaxmanWilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Petitioner
Renewable Fuels Association; National Corn Growers Association
Matthew Winkle MorrisonPillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, Respondent
Matthew Winkle MorrisonPillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, Respondent
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Urban Air Initiative, Inc.; The Farmer's Educational & Cooperative Union of America; Farmers Union Enterprises, Inc.; Big River Reasources, LLC; Glacial Lakes Energy, LLC; Clean Fuels Development Coalition; Fagen, Inc.; Jackson Express, Inc.; Jump Start S
C. Boyden GrayBoyden Gray and Associates PLLC, Respondent
C. Boyden GrayBoyden Gray and Associates PLLC, Respondent