Legal Opinion
Thomas v. Jackson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 10, 2009No. 08-2152PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MELLOY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs filed a complaint in district court 3 under the Administrative Procedure Act (the “APA”), arguing that approval by the Environmental Protection Agency (the “EPA”) of the State of Iowa’s 2004 “ § 303(d) lists” violated several aspects of the Clean Water Act (the “CWA”). The district court dismissed the complaint. We affirm.
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A. Statutory and Regulatory Background The CWA requires each state to establish water quality standards for bodies of water within the state’s boundaries. 33 U.S.C. § 1313(a)-(c). To do so, a state first designates the use or uses of a…
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