Legal Opinion
Natural Resources Defense Council v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 18, 2008No. 07-55183, 07-55261PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs-Appellees, National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Waterkeep er Alliance Inc. (collectively, NRDC), sued Defendants-Appellants, the United States Environmental Protection Agency and its administrator (collectively, EPA), under the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), seeking to compel the EPA to promulgate effluent limitation guidelines (ELGs) and new source performance standards (NSPSs) for storm water pollution discharges caused by the construction and development industry (construction industry). The States of…
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