Oklahoma’s ozone emissions reduction plan called the “Good Neighbor” plan was rejected by the Environmental Protection Agency. Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond filed a lawsuit to challenge the EPA’s decision. Now, the U.S. Supreme Court will take up the case.
It was in March 2023 when Drummond filed the federal lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. The Tenth Circuit handed the case off to the D.C. Circuit Court. Drummond appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to take the case.
Drummond contends that Oklahoma’s “Good Neighbor” plan would have complied with the Clean Air Act rule to reduce ozone emissions. Instead, the EPA is trying to put a “one-size-fits-all” plan into place.
“Instead of working with Oklahoma to make whatever modifications the EPA claimed were necessary, the Biden Administration chose to burden the state with an unwieldy and costly one-size-fits-all plan. The EPA ignored the expertise of Oklahoma’s Department of Environmental Quality, all at the expense of state sovereignty,” said Drummond.
