United States Second Circuit

Plaintiffs successfully challenge a regulation, promulgated by defendant-EPA, to control the emission of water pollutants from concentrated animal feeding operations since certain aspects of the regulation violate the express terms of the Clean Water Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/28/2005
• Published 02/28/2005

Judges

• KATZMANN, Circuit Judge., Before:  OAKES, KATZMANN, and WESLEY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Eric E. Huber, Sierra Club, Inc., Boulder, CO, for Sierra Club, Inc.;  Jeffrey Odefey, Waterkeeper Alliance, Inc., Tarrytown, NY, of counsel, for Waterkeeper Alliance, Inc.;  Melanie Shepherdson (Nancy K. Stoner, on the brief), Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Washington, D.C., of counsel, for Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.;  James M. Stuhltrager, Mid-Atlantic Environmental Law Center, Wilmington, DE, of counsel, for American Littoral Society;  Petitioners/Interveners., Richard E. Schwartz (Ellen B. Steen, and Kirsten L. Nathanson, on the brief), Crowell & Moring, LLP, Washington, DC, of counsel, for National Pork Producers Council;  Timothy S. Bishop (Russell R. Eggert and Michael A. Scodro, on the brief), Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, LLP, Chicago, IL, of counsel, for American Farm Bureau Federation;  James T. Banks (Scott H. Reisch, on the brief), Hogan & Hartson, LLP, Washington, DC, of counsel, for National Chicken Council;  Petitioners/Interveners., Albert Ettinger (Ann Alexander, and Shannon Fisk, on the brief), Environmental Law and Policy Center, Chicago, IL, for The Physicians for Social Responsibility, Hoosier Environmental Council, Ohio Environmental Council, and Prairie Rivers Network;  Amici Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jon M. Lipschultz & Brian H. Lynk (Martha C. Mann, on the brief) for Kelly A. Johnson and John C. Cruden, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for United States Environmental Protection Agency and Michael O. Leavitt, Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency;  Respondents.