Legal Opinion
Upper Blackstone Water Pollution Abatement District v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 3, 2012No. Nos. 11-1474, 11-1610PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
These petitions seek review of certain effluent limitations imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit on the discharges of Upper Blackstone Water Pollution Abatement District, a sewage treatment plant located in central Massachusetts.
The District’s discharges are into the headwaters of a polluted river which, in due course, flows into other rivers, and ultimately empties into Narragansett Bay. The states. of Massachusetts and Rhode Island each have strong interests in the health of these waters…
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