Legal Opinion
Environmental Protection Agency v. National Crushed Stone Ass'n
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 2, 1980No. 79-770PublishedCited by 252 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
In April and July 1977, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), acting under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Act), as amended, 86 Stat. 816, 33 U. S. C. § 1251 et seq., promulgated pollution discharge limitations for the coal mining industry and for that portion of the mineral mining and processing industry comprising the crushed-stone, construction-sand, and gravel categories. Although the Act does not expressly authorize or require variances from the 1977 limitation, each set of regulations contained a variance provision. Respondents sought review of the regulations in various…
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