Legal Opinion
Webb v. Gorsuch
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 20, 1983No. 82-1586PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRISON L. WINTER, Chief Judge:
By his petition for review authorized by § 509(b)(1)(F) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, sometimes called the Clean Water Act (CWA), 33 U.S.C. § 1369, Rick Webb challenges the validity of five permits granted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The permits were issued under CWA to allow Brooks Run *159Coal Co. and others (the companies),1 all of which propose to operate underground coal mines, to discharge water from their mines. Webb contends that EPA acted arbitrarily and capriciously (1) in determining that the discharge of water from the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Trout Unlimited v. MortonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- Costle v. Pacific Legal FoundationSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- County of Suffolk, County of Nassau, Town of Islip, Town of Hempstead, Town of North Hempstead, Town of Oyster Bay, Town of Huntington, and the Board of Trustees of the Town, of Huntington and Concerned Citizens of Montauk, Inc. v. Secretary of the Interior, National Ocean Industries Association, and New York Gas Group, Intervenor-Defendants-Appellants. The Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Secretary of the Interior, National Ocean Industries Association, National Supply Company, Continental Oil Company, Diamond M. Drilling Company, Digicon, Inc., Dresser Industries, Inc., Houston Oil & Minerals Corporation, Levingston Shipbuilding Company, Murphy Oil Corporation, Ocean Production Company, Transco Companies, Inc. And Zapata Corporation, Intervenor-Defendants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Sierra Club, a Corporation v. Robert F. Froehlke, Secretary of the ArmyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Sierra Club v. Abston Construction Co., Inc., State of Alabama Ex Rel., Intervenor-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition v. Aracoma Coal Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2009
- Wayne County v. Tennessee Solid Waste Disposal Control BoardCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1988
- Hughes River Watershed Conservancy v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1999
- Society Hill Towers Owners' Association v. Edward G. RendellCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2000
- Alliance v. Com., Dept. of Environ. QualitySupreme Court of Virginia · 2005
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