{"id":218,"date":"2011-04-01T00:01:36","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T04:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harvardelr.org\/?p=218"},"modified":"2023-07-25T16:00:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T20:00:42","slug":"comment-north-carolina-v-tennessee-valley-authority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/elr\/2011\/04\/01\/comment-north-carolina-v-tennessee-valley-authority\/","title":{"rendered":"Comment: North Carolina v. Tennessee Valley Authority"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Nigel Barella<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In <em>North Carolina v. Tennessee Valley Authority<\/em>, 615 F.3d 291 (4th Cir. 2010), the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that the federal Clean Air Act preempted certain, if not all, applications of state nuisance law.\u00a0 The court also ruled on the meaning of state nuisance laws and the scope of North Carolina\u2019s air quality laws.\u00a0 This Comment analyzes the court\u2019s ruling, with particular attention to the aspects of the ruling that are likely to prove controversial.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cite as:<\/strong> Nigel Barella, Comment,<em> North Carolina v. Tennessee Valley Authority<\/em>, 35 <span style=\"font-variant: small-caps\">Harv. Envtl. L. Rev.<\/span> 247 (2011).<\/p>\n<p>[btn link=&#8221;http:\/\/www.law.harvard.edu\/students\/orgs\/elr\/vol35_1\/HLE107.pdf&#8221; color=&#8221;forestGreen&#8221; size=&#8221;size-l&#8221;]View Full Article (PDF)[\/btn]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nigel Barella In North Carolina v. 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