Legal Opinion
Southwestern Elec. Power Co. v. U.S. E.P.A.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 12, 2019No. 15-60821PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STUART KYLE DUNCAN, Circuit Judge:
*1003 Steam-electric power plants generate most of the electricity used in our nation and, sadly, an unhealthy share of the pollution discharged into our nation's waters. To control this pollution, the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq. , empowers the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate and enforce rules known as "effluent limitation guidelines" or "ELGs." Id. §§ 1311, 1314, 1362(11). For quite some time, ELGs for steam-electric power plants have been, in EPA's words, "out of date." 80 Fed. Reg. 67,838 . That is a charitable understatement. The…
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