Environmental Protection Information Center v. Pacific Lumber Co.

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

Re: Parties’ Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment

PATEL, District Judge.

On July 24, 2001 plaintiff Environmental Protection Information Center (“EPIC”), a non-profit environmental organization, brought a citizen-suit action under section 505(a) of the Clean Water Act (“CWA”), 33 U.S.C. section 1365(a), against Pacific Lumber Company and Scotia Pacific Company (collectively “PALCO”), the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), and Christine Todd Whitman as EPA Administrator. 1

Now before the court are PALCO’s motion for summary judgment on the issue of EPIC’s standing and EPIC’s…