Legal Opinion
City of Taunton v. U.S. Environmental Protection
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 9, 2018No. 16-2280PPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
The City of Taunton, Massachusetts (the "City"), objects to the decision of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to impose a limit-through a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit-on the amount of nitrogen that the Taunton Wastewater Treatment Plant (the "Facility") may discharge. After considering all of the City's challenges, both procedural and substantive in nature, we uphold the EPA's permitting decision.
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It is useful to begin with an overview of the legal landscape that is relevant to this appeal. The Clean Water Act (CWA) prohibits…
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