United States Fourth Circuit

Where the county commissioners informed the permitting authority during the permit application process that the waste treatment plant would discharge heat, and they complied with the issued permit and all disclosure requirements of the Clean Water Act, the permit shields them from liability.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/05/2001
• Decided 10/10/2001
• Published 10/10/2001

Judges

• Before WILKINS, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Linda S. Woolf, Goodell, Devries, Leech & Gray, L.L.P., Baltimore, MD, for Appellant. Christopher Donald Pomeroy, McGuire Woods, L.L.P., Richmond, VA, for Amici Curiae State Associations. Guerdon Macy Nelson, Towson, MD, for Appellee. ON BRIEF:  Michael B. MacWilliams, Ian Gallacher, Goodell, Devries, Leech & Gray, L.L.P., Baltimore, MD, for Appellant.  F. Paul Calamita, McGuire Woods, L.L.P., Richmond, VA, for Amici Curiae State Associations.  D. Randall Benn, Paul C. Freeman, Leboeuf, Lamb, Greene & Macrae, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Sewerage Agencies, et al.  James N. Christman, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, for Amici Curiae Industry Groups.  Robert G. Smith, Anthony M. Carey, Venable, Baetjer & Howard, L.L.P., Baltimore, MD, for Amicus Curiae M.A.D.E. in Maryland.  Scott M. DuBoff, Kenneth S. Kaufman, Wright & Talisman, P.C., Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Automobile Manufacturers, et al.