United States Ninth Circuit

The State of California's failure to establish total maximum daily loads (TMDL) of pollutants did not trigger non-discretionary duty of the EPA to establish water pollution standards for the state under the Clean Water Act; constructive submission doctrine does not apply where state has submitted some TDMLs and has established a schedule to complete those remaining.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/11/2002
• Decided 04/15/2002
• Published 04/15/2002

Judges

• Before HUG, CUDAHY, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael R. Lozeau,Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, Stanford, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants., David S. Beckman, Natural Resources Defense Council, Los Angeles, CA;  Margaret Rosegay, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, San Francisco, CA;  Steven P. McDonald, Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP, San Diego, CA, for the intervenors.


• For Appellees:
  
• Sandra Slack Glover, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the defendants-appellees.