Legal Opinion
Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, Relator v. City of Winsted, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided January 30, 2017No. A16-854PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SCHELLHAS, Judge
In this certiorari appeal, relator challenges a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System/State Disposal System (NPDES/SDS) permit that respondent Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) issued to respondent City of Winsted (city) for its wastewater treatment plant, asserting that the MPCA failed to comply with the requirements of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) in issuing the permit. We affirm.
FACTS
Based on its authority to adopt water-quality standards under the CWA and state statutes, the MPCA adopted river eutrophication standards (RES) in 2014.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Reserve Mining Co. v. HerbstSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
- Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy v. Minnesota Pollution Control AgencySupreme Court of Minnesota · 2002
- In Re the Cities of Annandale & Maple Lake NPDES/SDS Permit Issuance for the Discharge of Treated WastewaterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2007
- Upper Blackstone Water Pollution Abatement District v. United States Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2012
- In Re the Alexandria Lake Area Sanitary District NPDES/SDS Permit No. MN0040738Supreme Court of Minnesota · 2009
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3Cited by1 opinion
- White Bear Lake Restoration Ass'n ex rel. State v. Minn. Dep't of Natural Res.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 2019