Chevron Challenge to EPA Regulation of Oil Platforms Tossed (1)

Chevron USA must pursue its challenge to the EPA’s potential regulation of emissions from its offshore oil platforms near California that are being decommissioned in a different court, the D.C. Circuit ruled Friday.

The Clean Air Act only allows the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to review the dispute if the Environmental Protection Agency’s action is “nationally applicable,” the court said. The agency’s letter at issue here is “locally or regionally applicable,” according to the ruling.

“Venue over Chevron’s challenge lies exclusively in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit,” the court said.

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