Simpson Tacoma Kraft Co. v. Department of Ecology
ELR Citation: ELR 20293 No(s). 57949-1 (Wash. Sep 10, 1992)
The court holds that the state of Washington's numeric water quality standard for dioxin discharge is invalid, because the state Department of Ecology failed to follow rulemaking procedures in adopting it. The court first holds that the pulp and paper mill operators, which were challenging the stand...