Marathon Oil Company v. Environmental Protection Agency

GEE, Circuit Judge:

Marathon Oil challenges the validity of an Environmental Protection Agency permit authorizing the discharge of pollutants into waters of the State of Alaska. Marathon argues that the EPA has exceeded its statutory authority by requiring restrictions more stringent than necessary under Alaskan law and that the EPA disregarded relevant data submitted by Marathon. We disagree and deny the petition for review.

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Marathon operates two oil processing facilities on the shore of Cook Inlet, a large tidal estuary in south-central Alaska. Cook Inlet is a high-energy water environment…