Legal Opinion
Iowa League of Cities v. Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 25, 2013No. 11-3412PublishedCited by 161 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.
The Iowa League of Cities (“League”) seeks direct appellate review of two letters sent by the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to Senator Charles Grass-ley. The League argues that these letters effectively set forth new regulatory requirements with respect to water treatment processes at municipally owned sewer systems. According to the League, the EPA not only lacks the statutory authority to impose these regulations, but it violated the Administrative Procedures Act (“APA”), 5 U.S.C. § 500 et seq., by implementing them without first proceeding through the…
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