USCA Case #15-1363 Document #1610010 Filed: 04/22/2016 Page 1 of 214 ORAL ARGUMENT SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 2, 2016 No. 15-1363 (and consolidated cases) ______________________________________ IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT _______________________________________ STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, et al., Petitioners, V. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, et al., Respondents. ______________________________________ On Petitions for Review of Final Agency Action of the United States Environmental Protection Agency 80 Fed. Reg. 64,662 (Oct. 23, 2015) ______________________________________ OPENING BRIEF OF PETITIONERS ON CORE LEGAL ISSUES ______________________________________ Ken Paxton Patrick Morrisey ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF WEST Jeffrey C. Mateer VIRGINIA First Assistant Attorney General Elbert Lin Scott A. Keller Solicitor General Solicitor General Counsel of Record Counsel of Record J. Zak Ritchie P.O. Box 12548 Assistant Attorney General Austin, TX 78711-2548 State Capitol Building 1, Room 26-E Tel: (512) 936-1700 Charleston, WV 25305 [email protected] Tel: (304) 558-2021 Fax: (304) 558-0140 Counsel for Petitioner State of Texas [email protected] DATED: February 19, 2016 Counsel for Petitioner State of West Virginia FINAL FORM: April 22, 2016 Additional counsel listed on following pages (Page 1 of Total) USCA Case #15-1363 Document #1610010 Filed: 04/22/2016 Page 2 of 214 F. William Brownell Luther Strange Allison D. Wood ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ALABAMA Henry V. Nickel Andrew Brasher Tauna M. Szymanski Solicitor General HUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP Counsel of Record 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 501 Washington Avenue Washington, D.C. 20037 Montgomery, AL 36130 Tel: (202) 955-1500 Tel: (334) 590-1029 [email protected] [email protected] Counsel for Petitioners Utility Air Regulatory Counsel for Petitioner State of Alabama Group and American Public Power Association Mark Brnovich Peter S. Glaser ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ARIZONA Carroll W. McGuffey III John R. Lopez IV Justin T. Wong Counsel of Record TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP Dominic E. Draye 401 Ninth Street N.W., Suite 1000 Keith Miller Washington, D.C. 20004 Assistant Attorneys General Tel: (202) 274-2998 Maureen Scott [email protected] Janet Wagner Janice Alward Counsel for Petitioner National Mining Arizona Corp. Commission, Association Staff Attorneys 1275 West Washington Peter D. Keisler Phoenix, AZ 85007 Roger R. Martella, Jr. Tel: (602) 542-5025 C. Frederick Beckner III [email protected] Ryan C. Morris [email protected] Paul J. Ray [email protected] SIDLEY AUSTIN, LLP 1501 K Street, N.W. Counsel for Petitioner Arizona Corporation Washington, D.C. 20005 Commission Tel: (202) 736-8027 [email protected] Counsel for Petitioners Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America; National Association of Manufacturers; American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers; and National Federation of Independent Business (Page 2 of Total) USCA Case #15-1363 Document #1610010 Filed: 04/22/2016 Page 3 of 214 Thomas A. Lorenzen Leslie Rutledge Sherrie A. Armstrong ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ARKANSAS CROWELL & MORING LLP Lee Rudofsky 1001 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Solicitor General Washington, D.C. 20004 Jamie L. Ewing Tel: (202) 624-2500 Assistant Attorney General [email protected] Counsel of Record [email protected] 323 Center Street, Suite 400 Little Rock, AR 72201 Counsel for Petitioners National Rural Electric Tel: (501) 682-5310 Cooperative Association; Big Rivers Electric [email protected] Corporation; Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.; Buckeye Power, Inc.; Central Montana Counsel for Petitioner State of Arkansas Electric Power Cooperative; Central Power Electric Cooperative, Inc., Corn Belt Power Cynthia H. Coffman Cooperative; Dairyland Power Cooperative; East ATTORNEY GENERAL OF COLORADO River Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.; Georgia Frederick Yarger Transmission Corporation; Kansas Electric Solicitor General Power Cooperative, Inc.; North Carolina Electric Counsel of Record Membership Corporation; Northwest Iowa Power 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Cooperative; Oglethorpe Power Corporation; Denver, CO 80203 PowerSouth Energy Cooperative; Prairie Power, Tel: (720) 508-6168 Inc.; Rushmore Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.; [email protected] Seminole Electric Cooperative, Inc.; Southern Illinois Power Cooperative; Sunflower Electric Counsel for Petitioner State of Colorado Power Corporation; and Upper Missouri G. & T. Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Page 3 of Total) USCA Case #15-1363 Document #1610010 Filed: 04/22/2016 Page 4 of 214 Of Counsel Pamela Jo Bondi ATTORNEY GENERAL OF FLORIDA Rae Cronmiller Allen Winsor Environmental Counsel Solicitor General of Florida NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RURAL Counsel of Record ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES Office of the Attorney General 4301 Wilson Blvd. PL-01, The Capitol Arlington, VA 22203 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1050 Tel: (703) 907-5500 Tel: (850) 414-3681 [email protected] Fax: (850) 410-2672 [email protected] Counsel for Petitioner National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Counsel for Petitioner State of Florida Eric L. Hiser Samuel S. Olens JORDEN BISCHOFF & HISER, PLC ATTORNEY GENERAL OF GEORGIA 7272 E. Indian School Road, Suite 360 Britt C. Grant Scottsdale, AZ 85251 Solicitor General Tel: (480) 505-3927 Counsel of Record [email protected] 40 Capitol Square S.W. Atlanta, GA 30334 Counsel for Petitioner Arizona Electric Power Tel: (404) 656-3300 Cooperative, Inc. Fax: (404) 463-9453 [email protected] Brian A. Prestwood Senior Corporate and Compliance Counsel for Petitioner State of Georgia Counsel ASSOCIATED ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. 2814 S. Golden, P.O. Box 754 Springfield, MO 65801 Tel: (417) 885-9273 [email protected] Counsel for Petitioner Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Page 4 of Total) USCA Case #15-1363 Document #1610010 Filed: 04/22/2016 Page 5 of 214 David Crabtree Gregory F. Zoeller Vice President, General Counsel ATTORNEY GENERAL OF INDIANA DESERET GENERATION & TRANSMISSION Timothy Junk CO-OPERATIVE Deputy Attorney General 10714 South Jordan Gateway Counsel of Record South Jordan, UT 84095 Indiana Government Ctr. South Tel: (801) 619-9500 Fifth Floor [email protected] 302 West Washington Street Indianapolis, IN 46205 Counsel for Petitioner Deseret Generation & Tel: (317) 232-6247 Transmission Co-operative [email protected] John M. Holloway III Counsel for Petitioner State of Indiana SUTHERLAND ASBILL & BRENNAN LLP 700 Sixth Street, N.W., Suite 700 Derek Schmidt Washington, D.C. 20001 ATTORNEY GENERAL OF KANSAS Tel: (202) 383-0100 Jeffrey A. Chanay Fax: (202) 383-3593 Chief Deputy Attorney General [email protected] Counsel of Record Bryan C. Clark Counsel for Petitioners East Kentucky Power Assistant Solicitor General Cooperative, Inc.; Hoosier Energy Rural Electric 120 S.W. 10th Avenue, 3rd Floor Cooperative, Inc.; Minnkota Power Cooperative, Topeka, KS 66612 Inc.; and South Mississippi Electric Power Tel: (785) 368-8435 Association Fax: (785) 291-3767 [email protected] Counsel for Petitioner State of Kansas (Page 5 of Total) USCA Case #15-1363 Document #1610010 Filed: 04/22/2016 Page 6 of 214 Patrick Burchette Andy Beshear HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP ATTORNEY GENERAL OF KENTUCKY 800 17th Street, N.W., Suite 1100 Gregory T. Dutton Washington, D.C. 20006 Assistant Attorney General Tel: (202) 469-5102 Counsel of Record [email protected] 700 Capitol Avenue Suite 118 Counsel for Petitioners East Texas Electric Frankfort, KY 40601 Cooperative, Inc.; Northeast Texas Electric Tel: (502) 696-5453 Cooperative, Inc.; Sam Rayburn G&T Electric [email protected] Cooperative, Inc.; and Tex-La Electric Cooperative of Texas, Inc. Counsel for Petitioner Commonwealth of Kentucky Christopher L. Bell GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP Jeff Landry 1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 1700 ATTORNEY GENERAL OF LOUISIANA Houston, TX 77002 Steven B. “Beaux” Jones Tel: (713) 374-3556 Counsel of Record [email protected] Duncan S. Kemp, IV Assistant Attorneys General Counsel for Petitioner Golden Spread Electrical Environmental Section – Civil Division Cooperative, Inc. 1885 N. Third Street Baton Rouge, LA 70804 Tel: (225) 326-6085 Fax: (225) 326-6099 [email protected] Counsel for Petitioner State of Louisiana (Page 6 of Total) USCA Case #15-1363 Document #1610010 Filed: 04/22/2016 Page 7 of 214 Mark Walters Herman Robinson Michael J. Nasi Executive Counsel JACKSON WALKER L.L.P. Donald Trahan 100 Congress Avenue, Suite 1100 Counsel of Record Austin, TX 78701 Elliott Vega Tel: (512) 236-2000 LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF Fax: (512) 236-2002 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY [email protected] Legal Division [email protected] P.O. Box 4302 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4302 Counsel for Petitioners San Miguel Electric Tel: (225) 219-3985 Cooperative, Inc. and South Texas Electric Fax: (225) 219-4068 Cooperative, Inc. [email protected] Randolph G. Holt Counsel for Petitioner State of Louisiana Jeremy L. Fetty Department of Environmental Quality PARR RICHEY OBREMSKEY FRANDSEN & PATTERSON LLP Monica Derbes Gibson Wabash Valley Power Association, Inc. Lesley Foxhall Pietras 722 N. High School Road LISKOW & LEWIS, P.L.C. P.O. Box 24700 701 Poydras Street, Suite 5000 Indianapolis, IN 46224 New Orleans, LA 70139 Tel: (317) 481-2815 Tel: (504) 556-4010 [email protected] Fax: (504) 556-4108 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Counsel for Petitioner Wabash Valley Power Association, Inc. Counsel for Petitioner