Fairview Township v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, dismissing, for want of subject matter jurisdiction, an action brought by Fairview Township, Pennsylvania, and Northern York Joint Sewer Authority (“Northern York”) against the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”). The case presents a number of difficult questions concerning the jurisdiction of the district courts to review agency action, where that action results in the refusal to provide federal grant funds that were…