Legal Opinion · Concurrence
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Costle
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 16, 1977No. Nos. 75-2056, 75-2066, 75-2067 and 75-2235PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1ConcurrenceOpinion for the Court filed by Leven-Thal, Circuit Judge
LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:
In 1972 Congress passed the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments [hereafter referred to as the “FWPCA” or the “Act” 1 ]. It was a dramatic response to accelerating environmental degradation of rivers, lakes and streams in this country. The Act’s stated goal is to eliminate the discharge of pollutants into the Nation’s waters by 1985. This goal is to be achieved through the enforcement of the strict timetables and technology-based effluent limitations established by the Act.
The FWPCA sets up a permit program, the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Udall v. TallmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Permian Basin Area Rate CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Zuber v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United States v. Southwestern Cable Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by67 opinions
- Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Gaston Copper Recycling Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2000
- Decker v. Northwest Environmental Defense CenterSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
- Alabama Power Company v. Douglas M. Costle, as Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Sierra Club, Intervenors.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter, Plaintiff-Counter v. Cedar Point Oil Company Inc., Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellant. Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter, Plaintiff-Counter v. Cedar Point Oil Company Inc., Defendant-Counter Claimant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- United States of America, and Cross v. Earth Sciences, Inc., and CrossCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1979
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