California Court of Appeal

The secondary drinking water standard established by the Department of Health Services is consistent with its broad authority to determine the level of contamination meeting the criteria for a secondary drinking water standard for MTBE, and is supported by substantial evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/27/2002
• Published 06/27/2002

Judges

• SCOTLAND, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Mayer, Brown & Platt, Gregory R. McClintock and Michael F. Kerr, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Appellant Western States Petroleum Association., Fred Main, for Plaintiff and Appellant California Chamber of Commerce.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Thomas R. Yanger, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Mateo Munoz, Deputy Attorney General, for Defendant and Respondent.,  Miller, Sher & Sawyer, Duane C. Miller, Sacramento, Victor M. Sher, San Francisco, and A. Curtis Sawyer, for South Tahoe Public Utility District and City of Santa Monica as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.