Legal Opinion
Kingman Park Civic Ass'n v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 31, 1999No. CIV.A. 98-0758(CKK)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
KOLLAR-KOTELLY, District Judge.
Over twenty-five years ago, Congress enacted the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, an ambitious and comprehensive statute designed to “restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation’s waters.” Pub.L. No. 92 500, § 101(a), 86 Stat. 816, 816 (codified as amended at 33 U.S.C. § 1251(a)). The 1972 Amendments were updated in the Clean Water Act of 1977 (“CWA”), Pub.L. No. 95-217, 91 Stat. 1566 (codified as amended at 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.). Among the innovations that Congress introduced…
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- Bowen v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Frank A. Schuler, Jr. v. United States of America, Department of StateCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
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