Mountain Coal Company, LLC v. Water Quality Control Division of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment  ·  2025-07-10  ·  Colorado Court of Appeals  ·  pin 568 F.2d at 1369

“[T]he EPA Administrator does not have authority to exempt categories of point sources from the permit requirements . . . .”

Catskill Mountains Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Inc. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency  ·  2017-01-18  ·  Second Circuit  ·  pin 568 F.2d at 1369

“The wording of the statute, legislative history and precedents are clear: the EPA Administrator does not have authority to except categories of point sources from the permit requirements of § [1342]”

Sierra Club v. ICG Hazard, LLC  ·  2015-01-27  ·  Sixth Circuit  ·  pin 568 F.2d at 1369

“[T]he legislative history makes clear that Congress intended the No. 13-5086 Sierra Club v. ICG Hazard Page 5 NPDES permit to be the only means by which a discharger from a point source may escape the total prohibition of [§] 301(a).”

United States v. Frezzo Brothers, Inc.  ·  1978-11-22  ·  E.D. Pennsylvania  ·  pin 568 F.2d at 1369

“the legislative history [of the Act] makes clear that Congress intended the . permit to be the only means by which a discharger [of pollutants] . . may escape the total prohibition of § 301(a)”