Legal Opinion
Our Children's Earth Foundation v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 29, 2007No. 05-16214PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:
In 1972 Congress passed the Clean Water Act (“CWA” or “the Act”) “to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation’s waters.” See Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 (Clean Water Act of 1972), Pub.L. No. 92-500, 86 Stat. 816 (1972), codified at 33 U.S.C. § 1251(a). Central to that legislation and later amendments is the notion that pollution discharges would be controlled through technology-based effluent limitations.
Environmental advocates, Our Children’s Earth Foundation and Ecological Rights Foundation…
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