Legal Opinion
Seacoast Anti-Pollution League v. Costle
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 15, 1978No. 77-1284PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
This case is before us on a petition by the Seacoast Anti-Pollution League and the Audubon Society of New Hampshire (petitioners) to review a decision by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). We have jurisdiction under 33 U.S.C. § 1369(b)(1). The petition presents several important issues relating to the applicability and effect of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. §§ 501 et seq., and the interpretation of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (FWPCA), 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq. In order to place those issues in context we…
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