Legal Opinion
Natural Resources Defense Council v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 5, 2015No. 13-1745PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHIN, Circuit Judge:
This case arises from the efforts of the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) pursuant to section 402(a) of the Clean Water Act (the “CWA”), 33 U.S.C. § 1342(a), to regulate the discharge of ballast water from ships.1 A ship takes on and discharges ballast water to compensate for changes in its weight caused by activities such as loading and unloading cargo or consuming fuel or supplies. The amount of water can range from hundreds of gallons to as much as 25 million gallons — enough to fill thirty-eight Olympic-sized swimming pools. More than 21 billion gallons of…
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- Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection AgencySupreme Court of the United States · 2007
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