Legal Opinion
National Wildlife Federation v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 11, 1992No. 90-1072PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WALD.
WALD, Circuit Judge:
The National Wildlife Federation (“NWF”) petitions this court for review of a regulation promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA” or “agency”) which allows the EPA discretion to refuse to initiate proceedings to withdraw a state’s primary enforcement responsibility, or “primacy,” for national drinking water standards under the Safe Drinking Water Act (“SDWA” or “Act”) after it has formally “determined” pursuant to § 1413 of the Act that the state no longer meets primacy requirements. While we agree with the…
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