Legal Opinion
ANACOSTIA RIVERKEEPER, INC. v. Jackson
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 25, 2011No. 1:09-mj-00097PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ROYCE C. LAMBERTH, Chief Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This action is brought by plaintiffs Anacostia Riverkeeper, Inc. and Friends of the Earth, Inc., two DC-based non-profit corporations, to challenge defendant Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA” or the “Agency”) approval of a pollution control plan for the Anacostia River jointly submitted by the District of Columbia and Maryland in accordance with the Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972, commonly known as the Clean Water Act (“CWA” or the “Act”), 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq. Under the CWA, a State (including the…
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