United States First Circuit

The federal Safe Water Drinking Act, 42 USC 300f to 300j-8, does not require courts to order the statutorily prescribed remedy of filtration for violations of the substantive provisions and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/16/2001
• Published 07/16/2001

Judges

• STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, and STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Alexandra D. Dawson on brief for Nashua River Watershed Association, Inc., Massachusetts Audubon Society, Inc., Friends of Quabbin, Inc., Water Supply Citizens Advisory Committee, and Rutherford H. Platt, amici curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert H. Oakley, Attorney, with whom Greer S. Goldman, Attorney, Brian Donohue, Attorney, Steve Keller, Attorney, Scott Bauer, Attorney, Lois J. Schiffer, Assistant Attorney General, George B. Henderson, II, Assistant United States Attorney, and Donald K. Stern, United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee., John M. Stevens, Jonathan M. Ettinger, Jack W. Pirozzolo, Foley, Hoag & Eliot LLP, and Nancy C. Kurtz, were on brief, for appellees.