Legal Opinion
National Cotton Council of America v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 7, 2009No. 06-4630, 07-3182, 07-3185, 07-3180, 07-3183, 07-3186, 07-3181, 07-3184, 07-3187PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COLE, Circuit Judge.
These proceedings involve a final regulation issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (the “EPA”) under the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq. The Clean Water Act regulates the discharge of “pollutants” into the nation’s waters by, among other things, requiring entities that emit “pollutants” to obtain a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit. Id. §§ 1311(a), 1342. On November 27, 2007, the EPA issued a Final Rule concluding that pesticides applied in accordance with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (the…
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