South Carolina Coastal Conservation League v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
A district court granted EPA's motion to remand without vacatur the Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Rule., full_html...
Northwest Environmental Advocates v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
A district court granted partial summary judgment for environmental groups in a CWA citizen suit concerning water quality standards for mercury in Idaho. The groups argued that EPA's failure to promptly publish and promulgate mercury standards after disapproving Idaho's revision of those standards v...
Hawai'i Wildlife Fund v. Maui, County of
A district court granted summary judgment for environmental groups in an ongoing dispute over a Hawaii county's release of pollutants into injection wells at a wastewater reclamation facility near the Pacific Ocean. The groups argued the county violated the CWA by failing to obtain an NPDES permit f...
National Parks Conservation Ass'n v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
The Ninth Circuit upheld FERC's denial of an environmental group's motion to intervene in post-licensing deadline extension proceedings for a hydroelectric project in California. The group had argued that FERC violated Rule 214 of the Commission's regulations in denying intervention and §6 of the F...