Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. ICG Hazard, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 27, 2015No. 13-5086PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGibbons, J., joined by McKEAGUE, J.,
MERRITT, J. (pp. 292-93), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
This case, a citizen enforcement action under the Clean Water Act, requires consideration of the scope of the Act’s “permit shield” in the context of a general discharge permit. ICG Hazard, LLC, operating under a general permit, conducted surface coal mining in Kentucky. The company discharged selenium, a pollutant, into surrounding water. Although the permit did not specify effluent limitations for selenium, the discharge resulted in levels exceeding the threshold in the state’s water…
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