United States Ninth Circuit

California's alleged failings under the Clean Water Act did not trigger a duty on the part of the EPA to establish total maximum daily loads of pollutants which could be introduced into polluted waters in the state.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/11/2002
• Decided 04/15/2002
• Published 07/17/2002

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.