Legal Opinion
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency, Battery Council International, Respondents-Intervenors
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 4, 1992No. 90-70671, 91-70200PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERGUSON,.Senior Circuit Judge:
The Natural Resources Defense Council (“NRDC”) challenges aspects of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) recent Clean Water Act storm water discharge rule.1 NRDC argues that the deadlines contained in the rule and the scope of its coverage are unlawful under section 402(i), (p) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1342(Z), (p). We grant partial relief.
I. BACKGROUND
In 1972 Congress enacted significant amendments to the Clean Water Act (“CWA”),2 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251-1387 (1988), “to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the…
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