United States Ninth Circuit

Because the EPA failed to provide adequate notice and opportunity for comment prior to issuing final general permits, which authorized operators of log transfer facilities in Alaska to release bark and woody debris into marine waters, petition to review the permits granted.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/09/2002
• Decided 02/14/2002
• Published 02/14/2002

Judges

• THOMAS, Circuit Judge., Before:  THOMAS, GRABER, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sharon Buccino,Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, D.C.;  Robert E. Lindekugel, Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, Juneau, AK, for the petitioners., Jonathan K. Tillinghast, Simpson, Tillinghast, Sorensen, Lorensen & Longenbaugh, Juneau, Alaska;  J.W. Peterson, Ziegler Law Firm, Ketchikan, AK, for the intervenors.


• For Appellees:
  
• Alan D. Greenberg, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Denver, CO, for the respondents.