Legal Opinion
ConocoPhillips Co. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 23, 2010No. 06-60662PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIENER, Circuit Judge:
Before us are various consolidated challenges to a Final Rule (the “Rule”) promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency (the “EPA”) pursuant to § 316(b) of the Clean Water Act (the “Act” or the “CWA”). The Rule regulates the use of cooling water intake structures (“CWIS”) for both existing and new offshore oil and gas extraction facilities. Originally, the environmental Petitioners (collectively “Riverkeeper”) challenged the Rule as it applies to existing facilities, and the industry Petitioners (collectively “ConocoPhillips”) challenged the Rule as it applies to…
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