Legal Opinion
El Dorado Chemical Co. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 15, 2014No. 13-1936PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Circuit Judge.
El Dorado Chemical Company (EDCC) operates a chemical manufacturing plant in El Dorado, Arkansas. As a byproduct of its operation, the plant discharges dissolved minerals, including sulfate and chloride, into two unnamed tributaries (UTA and UTB); these tributaries reach downstream to Flat Creek and Haynes Creek. In 2004, Arkansas imposed more stringent limits on the dissolved minerals EDCC could discharge into these bodies of water, and granted EDCC three years to comply. In response, EDCC initiated a Third Party Rulemaking to increase the levels of dissolved minerals…
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