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Amicus Curiae Brief — Rapanos v. United States

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2005

Congress ky enactment of the Clean Water Act has determined that the protection of wetlands and clean water is for the general welfare. … Mank, The Murky Future of the Clean Water Act after SWANCC: Using a Hydrological Connection Approach to Saving the Clean Water Act, 30 Ecology L.Q. 811 (2003) ...........c:cssecesesessersssseeneees

Amicus Curiae Brief — Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper, Inc.

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2009

Section 306......................c.cccccesescees 21 Clean Water Act, Section 316(a) ........................0.... eee 5 Clean Water Act, Section 316(b) ........................ passim Clean Water Act … Energy Commission, Comments on SWRCB Scoping Document and Proposed State- wide Policy on Clean Water Act State Water Resources Control Board at 7 (Sept. 26, 2006).

Amicus Curiae Brief — Loper Bright Enterprises, et al., Petitioners v. Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, et al.

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Sep 22, 2023

There, Congress had empowered the EPA to enforce the Clean Air Act by limiting modifications to “stationary sources” that increased emissions. Chevron, 467 U.S. at 840. … The case dealt (in part) with a portion of the Clean Air Act called the “Prevention of Significant Deterioration” (PSD) program.

Amicus Curiae Brief — Semopora Generation Generation v. Public Public Utilities Utilities Commission Commission Commission of California (Nos. 06-1454, 06-1468)

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2007

Blinn, Comment, The Canadian Administrative Process for Evaluating the Transboundary Environmental Impact of Energy Exports, 7 Conn. J. Int'l L. 337 (1992).... … See Reference re Upper Churchill Water Rights Reversion Act, [1984] 1 S.C.R. 297.

Amicus Curiae Brief — Environmental Protection Agency, Petitioner v. Calumet Shreveport Refining, L.L.C., et al.

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Jan 28, 2025

Air Act cases. … Local The Clean Air Act divides judicial review of EPA actions into one of two general categories: actions that are either nationally applicable or of nationwide effect go to the D.C.

Amicus Curiae Brief — Gwaltney of Smithfield, Ltd. v. Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc.

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 1987

Page § 1342 1 § 1365(a) 2 Clean Air Act 42 U.S.C. § 7413 11 Water Quality Act of 1987, Pub. L. 100-4, 101 Stat. 7 _.. 1 EES _ 18 § 314 8 40 C.F.R. 122.41(4) —_ we H.Rep. … The deterrent value of civil penalties was recognized by EPA in drafting its civil penalty poliey to be applied in enforcement actions under the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act and other environmental

Amicus Curiae Brief — Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2004

The regulations also potentially impair the ability of these states to comply with their federally required air quality plans under the Clean Air Act (“CAA”). … Chronic exposure to elevated ambient PM levels over a long period has been associated with de- creased lung function in certain groups of people, includ- ing children and teenagers. David E.

Amicus Curiae Brief — Kisor v. Wilkie, 139 S. Ct. 657 (2018) (No. 18-15)

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2018

For example, the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7401-7671q, requires States to enact and oversee “state implementation plans,” which States have wide discretion to shape so long as they are deemed likely … Army Corps of En- gineers released proposed guidance concerning the definition of “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act (“CWA”), 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq., 9 which expanded the waters

Amicus Curiae Brief — Levine v. United Healthcare Corp.

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2005

As noted by one commentator: 12 .. . … Levine, supra, at 171. 18 While this Court made a “clean break" with the components of the prior savings clause test, it still preserved the preservationist theme of the McCarran- Ferguson Act.

Amicus Curiae Brief — Whitman v. American Trucking Assns., Inc.

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2001

The Court has before it precise facts which the Parties argue demonstrate that “Section 109 of the Clean Air Act (CAA), 42 momen in setting revised National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for … Air Act Amendments of 1990, Pub.

Amicus Curiae Brief — Epic Sys. Corp. v. Lewis, 138 S. Ct. 42 (2017) (No. 16-285)

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2017

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) also issued a directive adhering to a judicially-invalidated interpretation of the Clean Air Act. Natl Enuvti. Dev. Ass'n’s Clean Air Project v. … Ass’n’s Clean Air Project, 752 F.3d at 1003. The D.C. Circuit found “no merit in EPA’s arguments” and struck down the directive to ignore Summit.

Amicus Curiae Brief — Kentucky, et al., Petitioners v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al.

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Sep 15, 2026

Whether the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may revise a National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) without the “thorough review” required by section 109(d)(1) of the Clean Air Act simply because … INTRODUCTION & SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT Under the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sets a national limit on fineparticle air pollution.

Amicus Curiae Brief — Port of Tacoma, et al., Petitioners v. Puget Soundkeeper Alliance

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Oct 28, 2024

These discharges of stormwater have been exempted from regulation under the federal Clean Water Act (“CWA”) since 1987, when Congress exempted most “‘discharges composed entirely of stormwater.’” … The Clean Air Act (“CAA”) (42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.) being a perfect example. Under the CAA, EPA has developed National Ambient Air Quality Standards (“NAAQS”). 42 U.S.C. § 7409.

Amicus Curiae Brief — Chicago v. Environmental Defense Fund

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 1994

Congress expressly forbade the EPA from regulating ash from incineration units burning municipal waste for a period of two years after enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, Pub. L. … Citizens for Clean Air v. City of Spokane, 114 Wash. 2d 20, 785 P.2d 447 (1990).

Amicus Curiae Brief — Michael Sackett, et ux., Petitioners v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al.

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Apr 18, 2022

This Court Should Restore Statutory and Constitutional Limits on the Scope of Clean Water Act Jurisdiction. … As Petitioners and their other amici explain, the tortured history of agency and judicial efforts to delineate Clean Water Act jurisdiction has been marked by periods of significant overreach, notable

Amicus Curiae Brief — Chamber of Commerce, et al., Petitioners v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al.

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Sep 15, 2026

Whether the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may revise a National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) without the “thorough review” required by section 109(d)(1) of the Clean Air Act simply because … INTRODUCTION & SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT Under the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sets a national limit on fineparticle air pollution.

Amicus Curiae Brief — Loper Bright Enterprises, et al., Petitioners v. Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, et al.

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Jul 21, 2023

Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837, 842, 866 (1984), after using many tools to discern the meaning of the term “source” in the Clean Air Act, the Court held that the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s … That’s what the Court decided. 7 But this case is not about “stand[ing] by” the Court’s determination of what a Clean Air Act “source” is, see Chevron, 467 U.S. at 843 n.9 (“The judiciary is the final

Amicus Curiae Brief — Public Watchdogs, Petitioner v. Southern California Edison Company, et al.

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Jul 1, 2021

-C.L.E. 285, 293 (2015) (citing 42 U.S.C. § 7604) (“In 1970, Congress enacted the first citizen suit provision in the Clean Air Act,” allowing citizens “to sue for injunctive relief to force the regulated … Moreover, “[t]he legislative history of the Clean Air Act Amendments [also] reveals that the citizen suits provision reflected a deliberate choice by Congress to widen citizen access to the courts, as

Amicus Curiae Brief — PUD No. 1 of Jefferson Cty. v. Washington Dept. of Ecology

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 1994

The Washington Supreme Court’s Decision Misinterprets State Authority Under § 401 Of The Clean Water Act... 7 1. … The Washington Supreme Court’s Decision Mis- interprets State Authority Under § 401 Of The Clean Water Act.

Amicus Curiae Brief — City of Portland v. Northwest Environmental Advocates

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 1996

ACWA’s members have a vital interest in the proper interpretation and application of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. §1251, et seq. … All comments sub- mitted during the 30-day comment period shall be con- ‘ sidered in the formulation of a final determination.