Roll Coater, Inc. v. William K. Reilly, Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Amendments to the Clean Water Act in 1987 require states to identify stretches of water that are out of compliance with targets for levels of toxic substances. Section 304(i) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1314(Z). States must place the waters on the “B list” and the sources responsible for the problem on the “C list”. (These appellations come from § 304(Z)(1)(B) and (C).) States must devise for each source “individual control strategies” (ICSs) calculated to bring about compliance with the targets within three years of the strategies’ adoption. If the EPA…