Reply Brief — North Dakota, Petitioner v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al.

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Elizabeth B. Prelogar

Brian H. Fletcher

Acting Solicitor General

Bruce S. Gelber

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Megan E. Greenfield

Eric G. Hostetler

Benjamin Carlisle

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, D.C. 20530-0001

(202) 514-2217

supremectbriefs@usdoj.gov

Counsel for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Michael Regan, Administrator of the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Benjamin Carlisle

Meghan Greenfield

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

DIVISION

PO Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station Washington, DC 20044-7415

(202) 514-9771

benjamin.carlisle@usdoj.gov meghan.greenfield@usdoj.gov

Counsel for U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency and Michael Regan, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency

Elbert Lin

F. William Brownell

HUNTON ANDREWS KURTH LLP

Riverfront Plaza, East Tower

951 East Byrd Street

Richmond, VA 23219

(804) 788-7202

ELin@hunton.com

bbrownell@HuntonAK.com

Counsel for America’s Power

David Michael Flannery

Amy M. Smith

STEPTOE & JOHNSON PLLC

P.O. Box 1588

Charleston, WV 25326

(304) 353-8000

dave.flannery@steptoe-johnson.com

Amy.Smith@steptoe-johnson.com

Counsel for AEP Generating Company, AEP Generation Resources Inc., Appalachian Power

Company, Indiana Michigan Power Company, Kentucky Power Company, Public Service

Company of Oklahoma, Southwestern Electric Power Company, Wheeling Power Company,

Indiana Energy Association, and Indiana Utility Group

Scott Allen Keller

Jeremy Evan Maltz

BAKER BOTTS LLP

700 K Street, NW

Washington, DC 20001-5692

(202) 639-7700

scott.keller@bakerbotts.com

jeremy.maltz@bakerbotts.com

Counsel for Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America

John David Lazzaretti

John A. Rego

SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP

4900 Key Tower

127 Public Square

Cleveland, OH 44114-1304

(216) 479-8350

john.lazzaretti@squirepb.com

jrego@beneschlaw.com

Counsel for Murray Energy Corporation

Carroll Wade McGuffey, III

TROUTMAN PEPPER HAMILTON SANDERS LLP

600 Peachtree Street, NE

Suite 3000

Atlanta, GA 30308-2216

(404) 885-3698

mack.mcguffey@troutman.com

Misha Tseytlin

TROUTMAN PEPPER HAMILTON SANDERS LLP

227 W. Monroe St., Suite 3900

Chicago, IL 60606

(312) 759-5947

misha.tseytlin@troutman.com

Counsel for National Mining Association

Mark W. DeLaquil

Andrew Michael Grossman

BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP

Washington Square

1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW

Suite 1100

Washington, DC 20036-5304

(202) 861-1500

(202) 861-1697

mdelaquil@bakerlaw.com

agrossman@bakerlaw.com

Counsel for Westmoreland Mining Holdings LLC

Joseph Anthony Scalfani

OFFICE OF MISSISSIPPI GOVERNOR PHIL BRYANT

PO Box 139

Jackson, MS 39205

(601) 576-2807

Joseph.Sclafani@governor.ms.gov

Counsel for Phil Bryant, Governor of the State of Mississippi

Thomas Allen Lorenzen

CROWELL & MORING LLP

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004-2595

(202) 624-2789

tlorenzen@crowell.com

Counsel for National Rural Electric Cooperative Association

Emily Church Schilling

HOLLAND & HART, LLP

901 K Street, NW, Suite 850

Washington, DC 20001

(202) 654-6922

ecschilling@hollandhart.com

Tina R. Van Bockern

HOLLAND & HART, LLP

555 17th Street, Suite 3200

Denver, CO 80202

(303) 295-8107

TRVanBockern@hollandhart.com

Counsel for Basin Electric Power Cooperative

Angela Jean Levin

TROUTMAN PEPPER HAMILTON SANDERS LLP

Three Embarcadero Center, Suite 800

San Francisco, CA 94111

(415) 477-5700

angela.levin@troutmansanders.com

Counsel for Georgia Power Company

William Daniel Booth

MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH, LLP

1000 Maine Avenue, SW

Suite 400

Washington, DC 20024

(202) 747-9658

wdbooth@michaelbest.com

Counsel for Mississippi Public Service Commission

Yaakov M. Roth

Stephen J. Petrany

JONES DAY

51 Louisiana Ave., NW

Washington, D.C. 20001

(202) 879-3939

yroth@jonesday.com

Counsel for North American Coal Corporation

Michael A. Zody

Jacob Santini

PARSONS BEHLE & LATIMER

201 South Main Street

Suite 1800

Salt Lake City, UT 84111

(801) 532-1234

mzody@parsonsbehle.com

jsantini@parsonsbehle.com

Counsel for Nevada Gold Mines LLC and Nevada Gold Energy LLC

C. Grady Moore, III

BALCH & BINGHAM LLP

1901 6th Avenue North, Suite 1500

Birmingham, AL 35201

(205) 251-8100

gmoore@balch.com

Counsel for Powersouth Energy Cooperative

Edmund Gerard LaCour, Jr.

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

501 Washington Avenue

Montgomery, AL 36130

(334) 353-2196

elacour@ago.state.al.us

Counsel for State of Alabama

Nicholas J. Bronni

Vincent M. Wagner

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

323 Center Street, Suite 200

Little Rock, AR 72201

(501) 682-6302

nicholas.bronni@arkansasag.gov

Vincent.wagner@arkansasag.gov

Counsel for State of Arkansas

Treg R. Taylor

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

1031 West 4th Avenue, Suite 200

Anchorage, AK 99501

(907) 269-5200

attorney.general@alaska.gov

Counsel for State of Alaska

Andrew Pinson

STATE OF GEORGIA

DEPARTMENT OF LAW

40 Capitol Square, SW

Atlanta, GA 30334-1300

(404) 458-3409

apinson@law.ga.gov

Counsel for State of Georgia

Thomas M. Fisher

OFFICE OF THE INDIANA

ATTORNEY GENERAL

Indiana Government Center South

302 West Washington Street, 5th Floor

Indianapolis, IN 46204

(317) 234-6843

tom.fisher@atg.in.gov

Counsel for State of Indiana

Steven Travis Mayo

Stephen Chad Meredith

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

700 Capitol Avenue, Suite 106

Frankfort, KY 40601

(502) 564-2611

(502) 696-5300

travis.mayo@ky.gov

Chad.meredith@ky.gov

Counsel for State of Kentucky, by and through Governor Matthew G. Bevin

Dean John Sauer

OFFICE OF THE MISSOURI

ATTORNEY GENERAL

PO Box 899

Jefferson City, MO 65102

(573) 751-8807

john.sauer@ago.mo.gov

Counsel for State of Missouri

Justin D. Lavene

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

2115 State Capitol

PO Box 98920

Lincoln, NE 68509-8920

(402) 471-2064

justin.lavene@nebraska.gov

Counsel for State of Nebraska

Jeffrey Allyn Chanay

OFFICE OF THE KANSAS

ATTORNEY GENERAL

120 SW 10th Avenue, 2nd Floor

Topeka, KS 66612

(785) 296-2215

jeff.chanay@ag.ks.gov

Counsel for State of Kansas

Elizabeth Baker Murrill

LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL

PO Box 94005

Baton Rouge, LA 70804

(225) 326-6766

murrille@ag.louisiana.gov

Counsel for State of Louisiana

Jeremiah Langston

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Justice Building 215 North Sanders

Helena, MT 59620-1401

(406) 444-7008

jeremiah.langston@mt.gov

Counsel for State of Montana

Benjamin Michael Flowers

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

30 East Broad Street, 17th Floor

Columbus, OH 43215-3428

(614) 728-7511

benjamin.flowers@ohioattorneygeneral.gov

Counsel for State of Ohio

Mithun Mansinghani

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

313 N.E. 21st Street

Oklahoma City, OK 73105

(405) 522-4392

mithun.mansinghani@oag.ok.gov

Counsel for State of Oklahoma

James Emory Smith, Jr.

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

PO Box 11549

Columbia, SC 29211

(803) 734-3680

esmith@scag.gov

Counsel for State of South Carolina

Judd Edward Stone II

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

P.O. Box 12548

Austin, TX 78711-2548

(512) 936-1700

judd.stone@oag.texas.gov

Counsel for State of Texas

James Kaste

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

2320 Capitol Avenue

Cheyenne, WY 82002

(307) 777-6946

james.kaste@wyo.gov

Counsel for State of Wyoming

Steven Robert Blair

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

1302 East Highway 14, Suite 1

Pierre, SD 57501-8501

(605) 773-3215

steven.blair@state.sd.us

Counsel for State of South Dakota

Melissa Ann Holyoak

Tyler Richard Green

UTAH STATE CAPITOL COMPLEX

350 North State Street, Suite 230

Salt Lake City, UT 84114-2320

(801) 538-9600

melissaholyoak@agutah.gov

tyler@consovoymccarthy.com

Counsel for State of Utah

James P. Duffy

Ann Brewster Weeks

CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE

114 State Street, 6th Floor

Boston, MA 02109

(617) 359-4077

jduffy@catf.us

aweeks@catf.us

Counsel for American Lung Association, American Public Health Association, Appalachian

Mountain Club, Clean Air Council, Clean Wisconsin, Conservation Law Foundation, and

Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy

Elizabeth Jones

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

660 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 1000

Los Angeles, CA 90017

(213) 785-5400

ljones@biologicaldiversity.org

Counsel for Center for Biological Diversity

Brittany E. Wright

CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION

6 Herndon Avenue

Annapolis, MD 21403

(443) 482-2077

bwright@cbf.org

Counsel for Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc.

Debra S. Kalish

Tom Carr

CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE

1777 Broadway, 2nd Floor

Boulder, CO 80302

(303) 441-3092

kalishd@bouldercolorado.gov

carrt@bouldercolorado.gov

Counsel for City of Boulder

Kristin Merritt Bronson

CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER

1437 Bannock Street, Suite 353

Denver, CO 80202

(720) 865-8600

kristin.bronson@denvergov.org

Counsel for City and County of Denver Colorado

Benna Ruth Solomon

CORPORATION COUNSEL OF

THE CITY OF CHICAGO

APPEALS DIVISION

30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 800

Chicago, IL 60602

(312) 744-7764

benna.solomon@cityofchicago.org

Counsel for City of Chicago

Michael James Bostrom

LOS ANGELES CITY

ATTORNEY’S OFFICE AFFIRMATIVE LITIGATION DIVISION

200 N. Spring Street, 14th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90012

(213) 978-1882

michael.bostrom@lacity.org

Counsel for City of Los Angeles

Scott Schwarz

CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

LAW DEPARTMENT

One Parkway Building 1515

Arch Street

Philadelphia, PA 19102-1595

(215) 683-5170

scott.schwarz@phila.gov

Counsel for City of Philadelphia

Christophe Gagnon Courchesne

David S. Frankel

MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE OF

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

One Ashburton Place

Boston, MA 02108

(617) 963-2423

christophe.courchesne@state.ma.us

david.frankel@mass.gov

Counsel for Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Paul Kugelman, Jr.

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

202 North 9th Street

Richmond, VA 23219

(804) 786-3811

pkugelman@oag.state.va.us

Counsel for Commonwealth of Virginia

Christopher Gene King

NEW YORK CITY LAW DEPARTMENT

100 Church Street

New York, NY 10007

(212) 788-1235

cking@law.nyc.gov

Counsel for City of New York

Thomas Frank Pepe

PEPE & NEMIRE, LLC

1450 Madruga Avenue, Suite 202

Coral Gables, FL 33146

(305) 667-2564

thomaspepe@pepenemire.com

Counsel for City of South Miami

Aimee Diane Thomson

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

1600 Arch Street, Suite 300

Philadelphia, PA 19103

(267) 940-6696

athomson@attorneygeneral.gov

Counsel for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Karl A. Racine

Loren L. AliKhan

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

400 6th Street, NW, Suite 8100

Washington, DC 20001

(202) 727-3400

Loren.AliKhan@dc.gov

Counsel for District of Columbia

Sean H. Donahue

DONAHUE, GOLDBERG & LITTLETON

1008 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE

Washington, DC 20003

(202) 277-7085

sean@donahuegoldberg.com

Counsel for Environmental Defense Fund, and Non-Governmental Organizations and Trade

Association Respondents

Melissa Joy Lynch

David D. Doniger

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL

1152 15th Street, NW, Suite 300

Washington, DC 20005

(202) 717-8296

llynch@nrdc.org

ddoniger@nrdc.org

Counsel for Natural Resources Defense Council

Timothy Eugene Sullivan

Robert William Byrne

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

1515 Clay Street, PO Box 70550

Oakland, CA 94612-0550

(510) 622-4038

timothy.sullivan@doj.ca.gov

Robert.Byrne@doj.ca.gov

Counsel for State of California

Scott Norman Koschwitz

Matthew Ivan Levine

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

165 Capitol Avenue

Hartford, CT 06106

(860) 808-5250

scott.koschwitz@ct.gov

matthew.levine@ct.gov

Counsel for State of Connecticut

Howard Learner

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW & POLICY CENTER

35 E. Wacker Drive, Suite 1600

Chicago, IL 60601

(312) 673-6500

hlearner@elpc.org

Counsel for Environmental Law and Policy Center

Joanne Marie Spalding

SIERRA CLUB

2101 Webster Street, Suite 1300

Oakland, CA 94612

(415) 977-5725

joanne.spalding@sierraclub.org

Counsel for Sierra Club

Eric Olson

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

1300 Broadway

Denver, CO 80203

(720) 508-6548

eric.olson@coag.gov

Counsel for State of Colorado

Valerie Melissa Edge

DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

102 West Water Street

Dover, DE 19904

(302) 257-3219

valerie.edge@delaware.gov

Counsel for State of Delaware

William F. Cooper

STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT

OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

425 Queen Street

Honolulu, HI 96813

(808) 586-1282

Bill.F.Cooper@Hawaii.gov

Counsel for State of Hawaii

Daniel Isaac Rottenberg

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

ENVIRONMENTAL BUREAU

69 West Washington Street, Suite 1800

Chicago, IL 60602

(312) 814-3816

drottenberg@atg.state.il.us

Counsel for State of Illinois

Laura Jensen

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

6 State House Station

Augusta, ME 04333-0006

(207) 626-8868

laura.jensen@maine.gov

Counsel for State of Maine

Gillian E. Wener

MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF

ATTORNEY GENERAL

P.O. Box 30755

Lansing, MI 48909

(517) 335-7664

wenerg@michigan.gov

Counsel for State of Michigan and the People of the State of Michigan

John B. Howard, Jr.

Joshua Segal

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

200 St. Paul Place

Baltimore, MD 21202-2021

(410) 576-6970

jbhoward@oag.state.md.us

jsegal@oag.state.md.us

Counsel for State of Maryland

Peter Surdo

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Town Square Tower

445 Minnesota Street

St. Paul, MN 55101-2127

(651) 757-1061

peter.surdo@ag.state.mn.us

Counsel for State of Minnesota

Heidi Parry Stern

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

555 East Washington Avenue

Suite 3100

Las Vegas, NV 89101

(702) 486-3594

hstern@ag.nv.gov

Counsel for State of Nevada

Lisa Jo Morelli

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

PO Box 112

Trenton, NJ 08625-0112

(609) 633-8713

lisa.morelli@dol.lps.state.nj.us

Counsel for State of New Jersey

Anne Minard

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Villagra Building

408 Galisteo Street

Santa Fe, NM 87504

(505) 490-4045

aminard@nmag.gov

Counsel for State of New Mexico

Asher Paris Spiller

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

PO Box 629

Raleigh, NC 27602

(919) 716-6050

aspiller@ncdoj.gov

Counsel for State of North Carolina

Michael J. Myers

Brian Murray Lusignan

Steven Wu

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

The Capitol

Albany, NY 12224-0341

(518) 776-2382

michael.myers@ag.ny.gov

Brian.Lusignan@ag.ny.gov

steven.wu@ag.ny.gov

Counsel for State of New York

Paul Andrew Garrahan

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

1515 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 410

Portland, OR 97201

(971) 673-1943

paul.garrahan@doj.state.or.us

Counsel for State of Oregon

Gregory Stage Schultz

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

150 South Main Street

Providence, RI 02903

(401) 274-4400

gschultz@riag.ri.gov

Counsel for State of Rhode Island

Christopher Huriaux Reitz

Emily C. Nelson

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

PO Box 40117

Olympia, WA 98504-0117

(360) 586-4614

chris.reitz@atg.wa.gov

emily.nelson@atg.wa.gov

Counsel for State of Washington

Nicholas Frank Persampieriz

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

109 State Street

Montpelier, VT 05609-1001

(802) 828-6902

nick.persampieri@vermont.gov

Counsel for State of Vermont

Patrick Morrisey

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF

WEST VIRGINIA

Lindsay S. See

Solicitor General

Counsel of Record

Robert D. Cheren

Special Assistant

Thomas L. Lampman

Assistant Solicitor General

1900 Kanawha Blvd. East

Building 1, Room E-26

Charleston, VA 25305

(304) 558-2021

Lindsay.S.See@wvago.gov

Counsel for State of West Virginia

Gabe Johnson-Karp

WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

17 West Main Street

PO Box 7857

Madison, WI 53707-7857

(608) 267-8904

johnsonkarpg@doj.state.wi.us

Counsel for State of Wisconsin

Theodore Hadzi-Antich

TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION

901 Congress Avenue

Austin, TX 78701

(512) 472-2700

tha@texaspolicy.com

Counsel for Robinson Enterprises, Inc., Nuckles Oil Company, Inc., doing business as Merit Oil

Company, Construction Industry Air Quality Coalition, Liberty Packing Company, LLC, Dalton

Trucking, Inc., NormanR. Brown, Joanne Brown, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Texas Public

Policy Foundation

Eugene Marc Trisko

LAW OFFICES OF EUGENE M. TRISKO

PO Box 330133

Atlantic Beach, FL 32233

(304) 258-1977

emtrisko7@gmail.com

Counsel for International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers

and Helpers, AFL- CIO, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO, and United

Mine Workers of America, AFL-CIO

David Michael Williamson

WILLIAMSON LAW & POLICY

1850 M Street NW, Suite 840

Washington, DC 20036

(202) 256-6155

maxwilliamson@williamsonlawpolicy.com

Counsel for Biogenic CO2 Coalition

Jeffery Scott Dennis

ADVANCED ENERGY ECONOMY

1000 Vermont Avenue, NW

Suite 300

Washington, DC 20005

(202) 380-1950

jdennis@aee.net

Counsel for Advanced Energy Economy

Eugene Grace

AMERICAN CLEAN POWER ASSOCIATION

1501 M Street, NW

Washington, DC 20005

(202) 383-2500

ggrace@awea.org

Counsel for American Clean Power Association

Richard Umoff

SOLAR ENERGY INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION

60014th Street NW, Suite 400

Washington, DC 20005

(202) 556-2877

rumoff@seia.org

Counsel for Solar Energy Industries Association

Kevin James Poloncarz

COVINGTON & BURLING LLP

Salesforce Tower

415 Mission Street, Suite 5400

San Francisco, CA 94105-2533

(415) 591-6000

kpoloncarz@cov.com

Beth Susan Brinkmann

COVINGTON & BURLING LLP

850 Tenth Street, NW

Washington, DC 2001-4956

(202) 662-5312

bbrinkmann@cov.com

Counsel for Consolidated Edison, Inc., Exelon Corporation, National Grid USA, New York

Power Authority, Power Companies Climate Coalition, Public Service Enterprise Group

Incorporated, and Sacramento Municipal Utility District

David M. Flannery

Kathy G. Beckett

Edward L. Kropp

Amy M. Smith

STEPTOE & JOHNSON, PLLC

707 Virginia Street East

Charleston, WV 25326

Tel: (304) 353-8000

dave.flannery@steptoe-johnson.com

kathy.beckett@steptoe-johnson.com

skipp.kropp@steptoe-johnson.com

amy.smith@steptoe-johnson.com

Counsel for Movants Indiana Energy

Association and Indiana Utility Group

Barbara Dale Underwood

Solicitor General

Office of the Attorney General

28 Liberty Street

New York, NY 10005-1400

(212) 416-8016

Barbara.underwood@ag.ny.gov

Counsel for Respondents State and Municipalities

Michael John Nasi

JACKSON WALKER L.L.P.

100 Congress Avenue, Suite 1100

Austin, TX 78701

(512) 236-2216

mnasi@jw.com

Counsel for Amici South Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc. et al and Lignite Energy Counsel

John Pagliaro

THE NEW ENGLAND LEGAL FOUNDATION

150 Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

(617) 695-3660

johnpagliaro@nelfonline.org

Counsel for Amicus New England Legal Foundation

Ilya Shapiro

CATO INSTITUTE

1000 massachusetts Ave., NW

Washington, DC 20001

(202) 842-0200

ishapiro@cato.org

Counsel for Amicus The Cato Institute

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