33 U.S.C. § 1313
Water quality standards and implementation plans
Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any effluent limitation, or schedule of compliance required by any State to be implemented prior to the dates set forth in sections 1311(b)(1) and 1311(b)(2) of this title nor to preclude any State from requiring compliance with any effluent limitation or schedule of compliance at dates earlier than such dates.
Water quality standards relating to heat shall be consistent with the requirements of section 1326 of this title.
For the purposes of this chapter the term “water quality standards” includes thermal water quality standards.
Not later than 42 months after
Not later than 36 months after the date of publication by the Administrator of new or revised water quality criteria under section 1314(a)(9) of this title, each State having coastal recreation waters shall adopt and submit to the Administrator new or revised water quality standards for the coastal recreation waters of the State for all pathogens and pathogen indicators to which the new or revised water quality criteria are applicable.
If a State fails to adopt water quality criteria and standards in accordance with paragraph (1)(A) that are as protective of human health as the criteria for pathogens and pathogen indicators for coastal recreation waters published by the Administrator, the Administrator shall promptly propose regulations for the State setting forth revised or new water quality standards for pathogens and pathogen indicators described in paragraph (1)(A) for coastal recreation waters of the State.
If the Administrator proposes regulations for a State described in subparagraph (A) under subsection (c)(4)(B), the Administrator shall publish any revised or new standard under this subsection not later than 42 months after
Except as expressly provided by this subsection, the requirements and procedures of subsection (c) apply to this subsection, including the requirement in subsection (c)(2)(A) that the criteria protect public health and welfare.
This Act, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1), (2), (3)(B), (C) and (b)(1), means act June 30, 1948, ch. 758, 62 Stat. 1155, prior to the supersedure and reenactment of act
2000—Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 106–284 added subsec. (i).
1987—Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 100–4, § 308(d), designated existing provision as subpar. (A) and added subpar. (B).
Subsec. (d)(4). Pub. L. 100–4, § 404(b), added par. (4).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 490
cases (66 in the last 5 years), 1974–2026 · leading case: Kentucky Waterways All. v. Johnson, 540 F.3d 466 (6th Cir. 2008).
Kentucky Waterways All. v. Johnson, 540 F.3d 466 (6th Cir. 2008). “(2000), of the EPA's approval, under § 303(c) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1313 (c) (2000), of Kentucky's regulatory implementation of its Tier II water quality antidegradation rules.”
Barnum Timber Co. v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 633 F.3d 894 (9th Cir. 2011). “Section 303(d) of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. § 1313 (d), is part of what we termed "the Act's carrot-and-stick approach to attaining acceptable water quality without direct federal regulation of nonpoint sources of pollution.”
Pud No. 1 of Jefferson Cnty. v. Washington Dep't of Ecology, 511 U.S. 700 (1994). “" 33 U. S. C. § 1313 (c)(2)(A). In setting standards, the State must comply with the following broad requirements: "Such standards shall be such as to protect the public health or welfare, enhance the quality of water and *705 serve the purposes of this chapter.”
Sierra Club Inc. v. Michael O. Leavitt, 488 F.3d 904 (11th Cir. 2007). “, and two local environmental organizations (collectively, “Sierra Club”) filed this lawsuit against the United States Environmental Protection Agency and its administrators (collectively, “the EPA”) alleging that the EPA violated its oversight responsibility under section…”
Florida Pub. Interest Rsch. Grp. Citizen Lobby, Inc. v. Env't Prot. Agency, 386 F.3d 1070 (11th Cir. 2004). “33 U.S.C. § 1313 (c)(2)(A). Among other things, this review involves a determination of the following: Whether the state has adopted criteria that protect the designated water uses; [wjhether the State has followed its legal procedures for revising or adopting standards; [and…”
Am. Farm Bureau Fed'n v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 792 F.3d 281 (3rd Cir. 2015). “33 U.S.C. § 1313 (d)(1)(C). 2 The parties dispute what those words mean.”
Am. Farm Bureau Fed'n v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 984 F. Supp. 2d 289 (M.D. Penn. 2013). “See 33 U.S.C. § 1313 (c). These standards supplement the NPDES permitting process.”
Anacostia Riverkeeper, Inc. v. Jackson, 798 F. Supp. 2d 210 (D.D.C. 2011). “33 U.S.C. § 1313 (c)(2)(A); see also 40 C.”
Upper Missouri Waterkeeper v. U.S. Envtl. Prot. Agency & Scott Pruitt, 377 F. Supp. 3d 1156 (D. Mont. 2019). “Waterkeeper first alleges that EPA's approval of Montana's numeric nutrient criteria for nitrogen and phosphorous, contained in the variance, violates 33 U.S.C. § 1313 . (Doc. 130 at 17-18.) Waterkeeper next contends that EPA's approval of the variance proves both contrary to…”
Am. Canoe Ass'n v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 30 F. Supp. 2d 908 (E.D. Va. 1998). “33 U.S.C. § 1313 (a)-(c). Next, states must assess their waters to see which waters fail to meet these water quality standards.”
Catskill Mountains Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Inc. v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 846 F.3d 492 (2d Cir. 2017). “As the plaintiffs and the dissent point out, several other provisions in the Clean Water Act suggest that “navigable waters” refers to any of several individual water bodies, specifically the Act’s references to: • “the navigable waters involved,” 33 U.S.C. § 1313 (c)(2)(A),…”
Raymond Proffitt Found. v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 930 F. Supp. 1088 (E.D. Pa. 1996). “A water quality standard defines the water quality goals of a particular body of water by setting forth the uses to be made of the water and the criteria necessary to protect those uses. 40 C.F.R. §§ 130.3 , 131.2 (1995).”
Nat. Res. Def. Council, Inc. v. Envtl. Prot. Agency, 301 F. Supp. 3d 133 (D.C. Cir. 2018). “See 33 U.S.C. § 1313 (d) - (e). As part of this exercise, the state must calculate the "total maximum daily load" of the offending pollutant that the waterbody can bear before "applicable water quality standards" are breached.”
Maryland Dep't of Env't v. Anacostia Riverkeeper, 134 A.3d 892 (Md. 2016). “33 U.S.C. § 1313 ; COMAR 26.08.02.01(B)(1).”
City of Arcadia v. State Water Resources Control Bd., 2006 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 797 (Cal. Ct. App. 2006). “( 33 U.S.C. § 1313 (a), (c)(1).) The standards must include designated uses such as recreation, navigation or the propagation of fish, shellfish and wildlife; water quality criteria sufficient to protect the designated uses; and an antidegradation policy.”
Florida Wildlife Fed'n, Inc. v. South Florida Water Mgmt. Dist., 647 F.3d 1296 (11th Cir. 2011). “" 33 U.S.C. § 1313 (c)(4). On August 25, 2009, the Plaintiffs and the EPA moved for entry of a consent decree.”
Nw. Env't Advocates v. U.S. Env't Prot. Agency, 268 F. Supp. 2d 1255 (D. Or. 2003). “” 33 U.S.C. § 1313 (c)(1). States must submit all new and revised standards to EPA for review.”
William J. Scott, on His Own Behalf & on Behalf of All Persons Similarly Situated v. City of Hammond, Indiana, 741 F.2d 992 (7th Cir. 1984). “’ ” Complaint 1127a (quoting CWA § 303(c)(2), 33 U.S.C. § 1313 (c)(2)). The latter duty is being violated, it is alleged, because there are no water quality criteria for hazardous viruses and there is an inadequate standard for hazardous pa-, thogenic bacteria.”
In Re the Cities of Annandale & Maple Lake NPDES/SDS Permit Issuance for the Discharge of Treated Wastewater, 731 N.W.2d 502 (Minn. 2007). “" 33 U.S.C. § 1313 (c)(2)(A) (2000). A state's water quality standards must be established "taking into consideration [each body of water's] use and value for public water supplies, propagation of fish and wildlife, recreational purposes, and agricultural, industrial, and other…”
City of Columbus v. Ours Garage & Wrecker Serv., Inc., 536 U.S. 424 (2002). “33 U. S. C. § 1313 (d)(1)(A) (under the Clean Water Act, each State must develop pollution abatement plans based upon a "priority ranking" of all "waters within its boundaries for which .”
Ohio Valley Env't Coalition, Inc. v. McCarthy, 313 F.R.D. 10 (S.D.W. Va 2015). “33 U.S.C. § 1313 (a)(3)(A), (b), (c). These standards include water quality criteria, in narrative form, numeric, or both, which define the amounts of pollutants that may be discharged into specific water bodies.”
Defenders of Wildlife v. Browner, 909 F. Supp. 1342 (D. Ariz. 1995). “This is the amount of time allowed under 33 U.S.C. § 1313 (c)(3) for states to propose and promulgate standards which have been disapproved by EPA.”
Am. Canoe Ass'n v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 138 F. Supp. 2d 722 (E.D. Va. 2001). “See 33 U.S.C. § 1313 (d)(1). See also American Canoe I, 30 F.”
Am. Wildlands v. Browner, 260 F.3d 1192 (10th Cir. 2001). “33 U.S.C. § 1313 . Water quality standards consist of three elements: first, each water body must be given a “designated use,” such as recreation or the protection of aquatic life; second, the standards must specify for each body of water the amounts of various pollutants or…”
Am. Littoral Soc'y v. United States Env't Prot. Agency Region, 199 F. Supp. 2d 217 (D.N.J. 2002). “See 33 U.S.C. § 1313 . Count One alleges that EPA’s approval of allegedly deficient § 303(d) Lists of WQLSs was arbitrary, capricious, and an abuse of discretion in violation of section 706(2)(A) of the APA.”
Dept. of Env. v. Assateague Coastal Trust, 299 A.3d 619 (Md. 2023). “33 U.S.C. § 1313 (b); Maryland Dep’t of the Env’t v.”
United States v. State Water Resources Control Bd., 182 Cal. App. 3d 82 (Cal. Ct. App. 1986). “( 33 U.S.C. § 1313 (d)(1)(A), (e)(1).) Additionally, every state water pollution control agency must conduct a triennial review of its water quality standards and submit proposed revisions to the Environmental Protection Agency for approval.”
Sierra Club v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 162 F. Supp. 2d 406 (D. Maryland 2001). “See generally 33 U.S.C. § 1313 . All of these actions are subject to EPA review and approval.”
Defenders of Wildlife v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 415 F.3d 1121 (10th Cir. 2005). “33 U.S.C. § 1313 . Development of water quality standards involves three steps: (1) every applicable body of water in the state must be given a “designated use,” such as public water supply, fish propagation, or navigation; (2) the state must specify water quality criteria for…”
S.D. Warren Co. v. Bd. of Env't Prot., 2005 ME 27 (Me. 2005). “33 U.S.C.A. § 1313 (West 2001). “Those standards shall consist of the designated uses of the navigable waters involved and the water quality criteria for such waters based upon such uses.”
Nat. Resources Def. Council, Inc. v. Fox, 93 F. Supp. 2d 531 (S.D.N.Y. 2000). “See 33 U.S.C. § 1313 (d)(1)(A). States are required to create a prioritized list of such waterbodies, and, upon EPA’s approval of the priority list, to establish TMDLs for each waterbody concerning pollutants specified by EPA.”
Sierra Club v. Hankinson, 939 F. Supp. 865 (N.D. Ga. 1996). “33 U.S.C. § 1313 (d). Under the Act’s water quality based approach, states must adopt water quality standards based on the uses of the waters and the amount of pollution that would impair the uses.”
Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 90 F. Supp. 3d 1177 (W.D. Wash. 2015). “33 U.S.C. § 1313 (d); 40 C.F.R. § 130.7 (d)(1).”
Gulf Restoration Network v. Gina McCarthy, 783 F.3d 227 (5th Cir. 2015). “9 The EPA may also directly set water quality standards through its own regulations under the two circumstances set out in 33 U.S.C. § 1313 (c)(4)(A) and (B) (“section 1313(c)(4)”).”
Sierra Club, North Star Chapter v. Browner, 843 F. Supp. 1304 (D. Minnesota 1993). “33 U.S.C. § 1313 (a)-(c). After developing water quality standards, the state must identify waters which would not be able to meet the water quality standards even after other Act pollution controls, such as the NPDES permit process, are implemented.”
Sanitary Brd of Charleston v. Andrew Wheeler, 918 F.3d 324 (4th Cir. 2019). “33 U.S.C. § 1313 (c)(2)(A). Once the state has adopted new or revised standards, they are submitted to EPA for approval.”
Regents of Univ. of California v. New Mexico Water Quality Control Comm'n, 94 P.3d 788 (N.M. Ct. App. 2004). “” 33 U.S.C. § 1313 (c)(2)(B) (2000). The Clean Water Act further requires the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to impose its own criteria if a state’s standards fail to comply with the act.”
Ctr. for Native Ecosystems v. Cables, 509 F.3d 1310 (10th Cir. 2007). “See 33 U.S.C. § 1313 (d)(1); 40 C.F.R. § 130.”
Islander East Pipeline Co., LLC v. McCarthy, 525 F.3d 141 (2d Cir. 2008). “9 (ex *144 plaining that, under Clean Water Act, state water quality standard approved by federal Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) “becomes ‘the water quality standard for the applicable waters of that State’ ” (quoting 33 U.S.C. § 1313 (c)(3))). Consistent with this…”
Dep't of Ecology v. Pub. Util. Dist. No. 1, 849 P.2d 646 (Wash. 1993). “The Board ruled that the phrase refers to all state water quality-related statutes and rules, including, but not limited to, the water quality standards the State has adopted as required by section 303 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.”
Sierra Club v. John Hankinson, 296 F.3d 1021 (11th Cir. 2002).
City of Waco v. Texas Nat. Resource Conservation Comm'n, 83 S.W.3d 169 (Tex. App. 2002).
Pub. Util. Dist. No. 1 v. Dep't of Ecology, 146 Wash. 2d 778 (Wash. 2002).
Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Env't Prot. Agency, 446 F.3d 140 (D.C. Cir. 2006).
Nat. Resources Def. Council, Inc. v. Muszynski, 268 F.3d 91 (2d Cir. 2001).
Upstate Forever v. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P., 887 F.3d 637 (4th Cir. 2018).
City of Arcadia v. State Water Resources Control Bd., 191 Cal. App. 4th 156 (Cal. Ct. App. 2010).
Nat. Resources Def. Council v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 915 F.2d 1314 (9th Cir. 1990).
Dept. of Env. v. Carroll Cnty. Frederick Cnty. v. Dept. of Env., 465 Md. 169 (Md. 2019).
Env't Def. Fund, Inc. v. Douglas M. Costle, as Adm'r, U. S. Env't Prot. Agency, 657 F.2d 275 (D.C. Cir. 1981).
Nat. Resources Def. Council, Inc. v. Fox, 909 F. Supp. 153 (S.D.N.Y. 1995).
El Dorado Chem. Co. v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 763 F.3d 950 (8th Cir. 2014).
Nat. Resources Def. Council, Inc. v. Fox, 30 F. Supp. 2d 369 (S.D.N.Y. 1998).
Idaho Sportsmen's Coalition v. Browner, 951 F. Supp. 962 (W.D. Wash. 1996).
City of Dover, New Hampshire v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 36 F. Supp. 3d 103 (D.D.C. 2014).
Ohio Valley Env't v. Scott Pruitt, 893 F.3d 225 (4th Cir. 2018).
Friends of the Wild Swan, Inc. v. U.S. Env't Prot. Agency, 130 F. Supp. 2d 1184 (D. Mont. 1999).
Pub. Util. DIST. v. State, Dept. of Ecology, 51 P.3d 744 (Wash. 2002).
Communities for a Better Env't v. State Water Resources Control Bd., 2003 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 5149 (Cal. Ct. App. 2003).
Ohio Valley Env't Coalition v. Horinko, 279 F. Supp. 2d 732 (S.D.W. Va 2003).
City of Guyton v. Barrow, 828 S.E.2d 366 (Ga. 2019).
Upper Blackstone Water Pollution Abatement Dist. v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 690 F.3d 9 (1st Cir. 2012).
Thomas v. Jackson, 581 F.3d 658 (8th Cir. 2009).
Asarco Inc. v. State, 69 P.3d 139 (Idaho 2003).
Friends of the Everglades v. South Florida Water Mgmt. Dist., 570 F.3d 1210 (11th Cir. 2009).
Food & Water Watch v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 5 F. Supp. 3d 62 (D.D.C. 2013).
South Florida Water Mgmt. Dist. v. Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, 541 U.S. 95 (2004).
Islander East Pipeline Co., LLC v. State of Connecticut Dep't of Env't Prot., 482 F.3d 79 (2d Cir. 2006).
Hayes v. Whitman, 264 F.3d 1017 (10th Cir. 2001).
Hayes Oyster Co. v. DEQ, 504 P.3d 15 (Or. Ct. App. 2021).
Assateague Coastkeeper v. Maryland Dep't of the Env't, 28 A.3d 178 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 2011).
Am. Wildlands v. Browner, 94 F. Supp. 2d 1150 (D. Colo. 2000).
Norfolk S. Ry. v. City of Roanoke, 916 F.3d 315 (4th Cir. 2019).
City of Arcadia v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 265 F. Supp. 2d 1142 (N.D. Cal. 2003).
Matter of Nat. Resources Def. Council, Inc. v. New York State Dep't of Env't Conservation, 34 N.E.3d 782 (NY 2015).
Appalachian Power Co. v. Russell E. Train, as Adm'r Env't Prot. Agency, Alabama Power Co., Intervenors, 545 F.2d 1351 (4th Cir. 1976).
Nat'l Mining Ass'n v. Jackson, 768 F. Supp. 2d 34 (D.D.C. 2011).
Kingman Park Civic Ass'n v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 84 F. Supp. 2d 1 (D.D.C. 1999).
In Re the Alexandria Lake Area Sanitary Dist. NPDES/SDS Permit No. MN0040738, 763 N.W.2d 303 (Minn. 2009).
Pennaco Energy, Inc. v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 692 F. Supp. 2d 1297 (D. Wyo. 2009).
Friends of the Earth v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 346 F. Supp. 2d 182 (D.D.C. 2004).
In Re Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee Discharge Permit 3-1199, 2009 VT 124 (Vt. 2009).
City of Burbank v. State Water Resources Control Bd., 108 P.3d 862 (Cal. 2005).
Am. Farm Bureau Fed'n v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 278 F.R.D. 98 (M.D. Penn. 2011).
Envtl. Law & Policy Ctr. v. U.S. Envtl. Agency, 349 F. Supp. 3d 703 (N.D. Ohio 2018).
Alaska Ctr. for the Env't v. Reilly, 796 F. Supp. 1374 (W.D. Wash. 1992).
Waterkeepers N. California v. State Water Resources Control Bd., 126 Cal. Rptr. 2d 389 (Cal. Ct. App. 2002).
Clark Fork Coalition v. Montana Dep't of Env't Quality, 2008 MT 407 (Mont. 2008).
Greater Yellowstone Coalition v. Lewis, 628 F.3d 1143 (9th Cir. 2011).
Am. Canoe Ass'n v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 54 F. Supp. 2d 621 (E.D. Va. 1999).
Nat. Resources Def. Council, Inc. v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 16 F.3d 1395 (4th Cir. 1993).
Sierra Club v. Us Env't Prot. Agency, & City of Phoenix, Intervention-Appellant, 995 F.2d 1478 (9th Cir. 1993).
Potomac Riverkeeper, Inc. v. Wheeler, 381 F. Supp. 3d 1 (D.C. Cir. 2019).
Exelon Generation Co. v. Grumbles, 380 F. Supp. 3d 1 (D.C. Cir. 2019).
City of Dover, New Hampshire v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 956 F. Supp. 2d 272 (D.D.C. 2013). “33 U.S.C § 1313(a)(2), (a)(3), (b), (c)(1).”
San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Auth. v. United States, 672 F.3d 676 (9th Cir. 2012).
Potomac Riverkeeper, Inc. v. Md. Dep't of the Env't, 189 A.3d 819 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 2018). “§ 1313 (d)(1)(C), when they identify those waters for which effluent limitations cannot implement the WQSs , 33 U.S.C.§ 1313(d)(1)(A). As with water quality standards, the states have the obligation of setting TMDLs and submitting them to the EPA for approval.”
Upper Missouri Waterkeeper v. Usepa, 15 F.4th 966 (9th Cir. 2021).
Nat'l Mining Ass'n v. Jackson, 880 F. Supp. 2d 119 (D.D.C. 2012).
Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality v. City of Waco, 413 S.W.3d 409 (Tex. 2013).
San Francisco BayKeeper v. Whitman, 297 F.3d 877 (9th Cir. 2002).
FPL Energy Maine Hydro LLC v. Dep't of Env't Prot., 2007 ME 97 (Me. 2007).
Port of Seattle v. Pollution Control Hearings Bd., 90 P.3d 659 (Wash. 2004).
Idaho Min. Ass'n, Inc. v. Browner, 90 F. Supp. 2d 1078 (D. Idaho 2000).
Bethlehem Steel Corp. v. Env't Prot. Agency, 538 F.2d 513 (2d Cir. 1976).
Nat. Resources Def. Council v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 808 F.3d 556 (2d Cir. 2015).
California Ass'n of Sanitation Agencies v. State Water Resources Control Bd., 208 Cal. App. 4th 1438 (Cal. Ct. App. 2012).
Friends of Wild Swan v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 74 F. App'x 718 (9th Cir. 2003).
Homestake Mining Co. v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 477 F. Supp. 1279 (D.S.D. 1979).
Summit Hydropower P'ship v. Comm'r of Env't Prot., 629 A.2d 367 (Conn. 1993).
Iowa League of Cities v. Env't Prot. Agency, 711 F.3d 844 (8th Cir. 2013).
Friends of the Earth v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 333 F.3d 184 (D.C. Cir. 2003).
Missouri Coalition for the Env't Found. v. Jackson, 853 F. Supp. 2d 903 (W.D. Mo. 2012).
Conservation Law Found., Inc. v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 964 F. Supp. 2d 175 (D. Mass. 2013).
San Francisco Baykeeper, Inc. v. Browner, 147 F. Supp. 2d 991 (N.D. Cal. 2001).
Monongahela Power Co. v. Chief, Off. of Water Resources, Div. of Env't Prot., 567 S.E.2d 629 (W. Va. 2002).
Arnold Irrigation Dist. v. Dep't of Env't Quality, 717 P.2d 1274 (Or. Ct. App. 1986).
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. v. New York State Dep't of Env't Conservation, 624 N.E.2d 146 (NY 1993).
Nat. Resources Def. Council v. McCarthy, 231 F. Supp. 3d 491 (N.D. Cal. 2017).
S. D. Warren Co. v. Maine Bd. of Env't Prot., 547 U.S. 370 (2006).
State Water Resources Control Bd. Cases, 36 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20038 (Cal. Ct. App. 2006).
City of Albuquerque v. Browner, 97 F.3d 415 (10th Cir. 1996).
Nw. Env't Advocates, a Non-Profit Oregon Corp. & Nina Bell v. City of Portland, 56 F.3d 979 (9th Cir. 1995).
Small MS4 Coalition v. Dept. of Env't, 479 Md. 1 (Md. 2022).
Arkansas v. Oklahoma, 503 U.S. 91 (1992).
Ford Motor Co. v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, & State of Michigan, Intervenor, 567 F.2d 661 (6th Cir. 1977).
Communities for a Better Env't v. State Water Resources Control Bd., 34 Cal. Rptr. 3d 396 (Cal. Ct. App. 2005).
Ohio Valley Env't Coalition v. Elk Run Coal Co., 24 F. Supp. 3d 532 (S.D.W. Va 2014).
Alaska Ctr. for the Env't v. Reilly, 762 F. Supp. 1422 (W.D. Wash. 1991).
Longview Fibre Co. v. Rasmussen, 980 F.2d 1307 (9th Cir. 1992).
Upper Gwynedd Towamencin Mun. Auth. v. Dep't of Env't Prot., 9 A.3d 255 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2010).
Iowa Farm Bureau Fed'n, Iowa Renewable Fuels Ass'n, & Iowa Water Env't Ass'n, 850 N.W.2d 403 (Iowa 2014).
Conservation Law Found., Inc. v. Pruitt, 881 F.3d 24 (1st Cir. 2018).
John Buttrey & John Buttrey Developments, Inc. v. United States of Am., 690 F.2d 1170 (5th Cir. 1982).
Rock Creek All. v. United States Forest Serv., 703 F. Supp. 2d 1152 (D. Mont. 2010).
Andersen v. Dep't of Nat. Resources, 2011 WI 19 (Wis. 2011).
City of Albuquerque v. Browner, 865 F. Supp. 733 (D.N.M. 1993).
City of Kennett v. Envtl. Prot. Agency, 887 F.3d 424 (8th Cir. 2018).
Hercules Inc. v. Env't Prot. Agency, 598 F.2d 91 (D.C. Cir. 1978).
Florida Wildlife Fed'n, Inc. v. Jackson, 853 F. Supp. 2d 1138 (N.D. Fla. 2012).
City of Waco v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality, 346 S.W.3d 781 (Tex. App. 2011).
Idaho Conservation League v. Browner, 968 F. Supp. 546 (W.D. Wash. 1997).
Ohio Valley Env't Coalition v. Fola Coal Co., LLC, 845 F.3d 133 (4th Cir. 2017).
Constitution Pipeline Co. v. New York State Dep't of Env't Conservation, 868 F.3d 87 (2d Cir. 2017).
Bravos v. Green, 306 F. Supp. 2d 48 (D.D.C. 2004).
Nat'l Wildlife Fed'n v. United States Army Corps of Engineers, 132 F. Supp. 2d 876 (D. Or. 2001).
Piney Run Pres. Ass'n v. Cnty. Commissioners of Carroll Cnty., 268 F.3d 255 (4th Cir. 2001).
Great Basin Mine Watch v. Hankins, 456 F.3d 955 (9th Cir. 2006).
Sierra Club v. John Hankinson, 351 F.3d 1358 (11th Cir. 2003).
Appalachian Voices v. State Water Control Bd., 912 F.3d 746 (4th Cir. 2019).
Am. Canoe Ass'n v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 46 F. Supp. 2d 473 (E.D. Va. 1999).
Conservation Law Found., Inc. v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 223 F. Supp. 3d 124 (D. Mass. 2017).
N. Plains Resource Council v. Fid. Expl. & Dev. Co., 325 F.3d 1155 (9th Cir. 2003).
Nw. Env't Advocates v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 855 F. Supp. 2d 1199 (D. Or. 2012).
Louisiana v. Jt. Pipeline Grp., 373 S.W.3d 292 (Ark. 2010).
In Re the Cities of Annandale & Maple Lake NPDES/SDS Permit Issuance for the Discharge of Treated Wastewater, 702 N.W.2d 768 (Minn. Ct. App. 2005).
NMAC New Mexico Mining Ass'n v. New Mexico Water Quality Control Comm'n, 150 P.3d 991 (N.M. Ct. App. 2006).
Riverkeeper v. Pruitt, 337 F. Supp. 3d 989 (W.D. Wash. 2018).
Oregon Nat. Resources Council Breitenbush Cmty., Inc. Michael Donnelly v. U.S. Forest Serv. Bugaboo Timber Co., 834 F.2d 842 (9th Cir. 1987).
Altamaha Riverkeepers, Inc v. Rayonier Performance Fibers, LLC, 816 S.E.2d 125 (Ga. Ct. App. 2018).
Tahoe-Sierra Pres. Council v. State Water Resources Control Bd., 210 Cal. App. 3d 1421 (Cal. Ct. App. 1989).
City & Cnty. of San Francisco v. EPA, 604 U.S. 334 (2025).
Islander East Pipeline Co. v. Connecticut Dep't of Env't Prot., 467 F.3d 295 (2d Cir. 2006).
Waterlegacy v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 300 F.R.D. 332 (D. Minnesota 2014).
Vill. of Frankfort v. Env't Prot. Agency, 852 N.E.2d 522 (Ill. App. Ct. 2006).
In re Stormwater NPDES Petition, 2006 VT 91 (Vt. 2006).
City of Klamath Falls v. Env't Quality Comm'n, 870 P.2d 825 (Or. 1994).
Pronsolino v. Marcus, 91 F. Supp. 2d 1337 (N.D. Cal. 2000).
Save Our Bays & Beaches v. City & Cnty. of Honolulu, 904 F. Supp. 1098 (D. Haw. 1994).
Entergy Nuclear Generation Co. v. Dep't of Env't Prot., 944 N.E.2d 1027 (Mass. 2011).
Nat'l Wildlife Fed'n v. Consumers Power Co., 862 F.2d 580 (6th Cir. 1988).
Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, Inc. v. Forsyth Cnty., 734 S.E.2d 242 (Ga. Ct. App. 2012).
Sierra Club v. Clifford, 257 F.3d 444 (5th Cir. 2001).
North Dakota v. United States Army Corps of Engineers, 264 F. Supp. 2d 871 (D.N.D. 2003).
Nat. Resources Def. Council, Inc. v. New York State Dep't of Env't Conservation, 120 A.D.3d 1235 (N.Y. App. Div. 2014).
In re Decision to Deny the Petitions for a Contested Case Hearing, 924 N.W.2d 638 (Minn. Ct. App. 2019).
City of New Haven v. Train, 424 F. Supp. 648 (D. Conn. 1976).
Dep't of Env't Mgmt. v. Leaf, 922 So. 2d 101 (Ala. Civ. App. 2005).
Texas Campaign for the Env't v. Partners Dewatering Int'l, LLC, 485 S.W.3d 184 (Tex. App. 2016).
Mississippi River Revival, Inc. v. Adm'r, United States Env't Prot. Agency, 107 F. Supp. 2d 1008 (D. Minnesota 2000).
Cnty. of Los Angeles v. California State Water Resources Control Bd., 50 Cal. Rptr. 3d 619 (Cal. Ct. App. 2006).
Snoqualmie Indian Tribe v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n, 545 F.3d 1207 (9th Cir. 2008).
Gwinnett Cnty. v. Lake Lanier Ass'n, 593 S.E.2d 678 (Ga. Ct. App. 2004).
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians v. United States, 105 F.3d 599 (11th Cir. 1997).
Ohio Valley Env't Coalition, Inc. v. United States Army Corps of Engineers, 883 F. Supp. 2d 627 (S.D.W. Va 2012).
Kain v. Dep't of Env't Prot., 49 N.E.3d 1124 (Mass. 2016).
In Re Permanent Surface Mining Reg. Litig.. Appeal of Peabody Coal Co., 653 F.2d 514 (D.C. Cir. 1981).
San Joaquin River Exch. Contractors Water Auth. v. State Water Resources Control Bd., 183 Cal. App. 4th 1110 (Cal. Ct. App. 2010).
Ohio Valley Env't Coalition, Inc. v. United States Army Corps of Engineers, 828 F.3d 316 (4th Cir. 2016).
In re Morrisville Hydroelectric Proj. Water Quality (VT Nat. Resources Council, VT Council of Trout Unlimted & Agency of Nat. Resources, Appellants), 2019 VT 84 (Vt. 2019).
Lands Council v. Vaught, 198 F. Supp. 2d 1211 (E.D. Wash. 2002).
Chesapeake Bay Vill., Inc. v. Costle, 502 F. Supp. 213 (D. Maryland 1980).
Gulf Restoration Network v. Jackson, 224 F. Supp. 3d 470 (E.D. La. 2016).
North Dakota v. United States Army Corps of Engineers, 270 F. Supp. 2d 1115 (D.N.D. 2003).
Nat. Resources Def. Council v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 806 F. Supp. 1263 (E.D. Va. 1992).
Nat. Resources Def. Council, Inc. v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 770 F. Supp. 1093 (E.D. Va. 1991).
Petition of Town of Sherburne, 581 A.2d 274 (Vt. 1990).
Manasota-88, Inc. v. Tidwell, 896 F.2d 1318 (11th Cir. 1990).
Student Pub. Interest Rsch. Grp. of New Jersey, Inc. v. AT & T Bell Labs., 617 F. Supp. 1190 (D.N.J. 1985).
Nw. Env't Advocates, a Non-Profit Oregon Corp. & Nina Bell v. City of Portland, 11 F.3d 900 (9th Cir. 1993).
City of Key West v. Florida Keys Cmty. Coll., 81 So. 3d 494 (Fla. 3d DCA 2012).
Alaska Ctr. for the Env't v. Browner, 20 F.3d 981 (9th Cir. 1994).
Ctr. for Env't Law & Policy v. Dep't of Ecology, 196 Wash. App. 360 (Wash. Ct. App. 2016).
Montgomery Env't Coalition Citizens Coordinating Comm. on Friendship Heights v. Washington Suburban Sanitary Comm'n, 607 F.2d 378 (D.C. Cir. 1979).
Chesapeake Bay Found., Inc. v. United States, 445 F. Supp. 1349 (E.D. Va. 1978).
Friends of Pinto Creek v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 504 F.3d 1007 (9th Cir. 2007).
Friends of the Earth v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 934 F. Supp. 2d 40 (D.D.C. 2013).
Sheridan v. Deep Lagoon Marina, 576 So. 2d 771 (Fla. 2d DCA 1991).
Am. Paper Inst., Inc. v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 882 F.2d 287 (7th Cir. 1989).
Coralations v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 477 F. Supp. 2d 413 (D.P.R. 2007).
Diver's Env't Conservation Org. v. State Water Resources Control Bd., 2006 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 10951 (Cal. Ct. App. 2006).
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Cmty. of Oregon v. Jewell, 75 F. Supp. 3d 387 (D.D.C. 2014).
Utah Council, Trout Unlimited v. United States Army Corp. of Engineers, 187 F. Supp. 2d 1334 (D. Utah 2002).
Ohio Valley Env't Coalition, Inc. v. Marfork Coal Co., 966 F. Supp. 2d 667 (S.D.W. Va 2013).
Craig BARROW, III v. Richard E. DUNN Et Al., 812 S.E.2d 63 (Ga. Ct. App. 2018).
Ohio v. United States Army Corps of Engineers, 259 F. Supp. 3d 732 (N.D. Ohio 2017).
Sierra Club v. West Virginia DEP, 64 F.4th 487 (4th Cir. 2023).
Small MS4 Coalition v. Dept. of Env't, 250 Md. App. 388 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 2021).
Louisville Gas & Elec. Co. v. Kentucky Waterways All., 517 S.W.3d 479 (Ky. 2017).
Riverkeepers v. Oregon Dep't of Env't Quality, 230 P.3d 559 (Or. Ct. App. 2010).
Swartz v. Beach, 229 F. Supp. 2d 1239 (D. Wyo. 2002).
League to Save Lake Tahoe v. Tahoe Reg'l Plan. Agency, 739 F. Supp. 2d 1260 (E.D. Cal. 2010).
Nat. Resources Def. Council, Inc. v. Cnty. of Los Angeles, 673 F.3d 880 (9th Cir. 2011).
Oklahoma v. Env't Prot. Agency, 908 F.2d 595 (10th Cir. 1990).
Cent. Sierra Envtl. Res. Ctr. v. Stanislaus Nat'l Forest, 30 F.4th 929 (9th Cir. 2022).
Pocono Manor Investors, LP v. Dep't of Ebuyaonvtl. Prot. of Commonwealth, 212 A.3d 112 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2019).
N. Cheyenne Tribe v. Montana Dep't of Env't Quality, 2010 MT 111 (Mont. 2010).
Senville v. Peters, 327 F. Supp. 2d 335 (D. Vt. 2004).
Anacostia Riverkeeper, Inc. v. Jackson, 713 F. Supp. 2d 50 (D.D.C. 2010).
Ohio Valley Envtl. Coal., Inc. v. Wheeler, 387 F. Supp. 3d 654 (2019).
Minnesota Env't Sci. & Econ. Review Bd. v. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, 870 N.W.2d 97 (Minn. Ct. App. 2015).
Fiscella & Fiscella v. United States, 717 F. Supp. 1143 (E.D. Va. 1989).
Nat'l Wildlife Fed'n v. Browner, 127 F.3d 1126 (D.C. Cir. 1997).
New Mexico Mining Ass'n v. Water Quality Control Comm'n, 2007 NMCA 084 (N.M. Ct. App. 2007).
Frilling v. Vill. of Anna, 924 F. Supp. 821 (S.D. Ohio 1996).
Cmty. of Cambridge Env't Health & Cmty. Dev. Grp. v. City of Cambridge, 115 F. Supp. 2d 550 (D. Maryland 2000).
Hayes v. Browner, 117 F. Supp. 2d 1182 (N.D. Okla. 2000).
Mississippi Comm'n On Nat. Resources v. Costle, 625 F.2d 1269 (5th Cir. 1980).
Nw. Indian Cemetery Prot. Ass'n v. Peterson, 565 F. Supp. 586 (N.D. Cal. 1983).
Commonwealth v. City of Harrisburg, 578 A.2d 563 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1990).
City of Wheeling v. United States, 20 Cl. Ct. 659 (Ct. Cl. 1990).
Save Our Cabinets v. United States Dep't of Agric., 254 F. Supp. 3d 1241 (D. Mont. 2017).
Pennsylvania Mun. Authorities Ass'n v. Horinko, 292 F. Supp. 2d 95 (D.D.C. 2003).
Env't Prot. Info. Ctr. v. Pac. Lumber Co., 266 F. Supp. 2d 1101 (N.D. Cal. 2003).
Santa Monica Baykeeper v. Kramer Metals, Inc., 619 F. Supp. 2d 914 (C.D. Cal. 2009).
Idaho Conservation League, Inc. v. Russell, 946 F.2d 717 (9th Cir. 1991).
Cross Timbers Concerned Citizens v. Saginaw, 991 F. Supp. 563 (N.D. Tex. 1997).
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida v. United States, 706 F. Supp. 2d 1296 (S.D. Fla. 2010).
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay v. Olsen, 839 F. Supp. 2d 366 (D. Me. 2012).
City of Arcadia v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 411 F.3d 1103 (9th Cir. 2005).
Nat. Resources Def. Council, Inc. v. Cnty. of Los Angeles, 636 F.3d 1235 (9th Cir. 2011).
Santa Monica Baykeeper v. Int'l Metals Ekco, Ltd., 619 F. Supp. 2d 936 (C.D. Cal. 2009).
Ohio Valley Env't Coalition, Inc. v. Alex Energy, Inc., 12 F. Supp. 3d 844 (S.D.W. Va 2014).
In re the Decision on the Approval for Submittal of a 401 Water Quality Certification, 822 N.W.2d 676 (Minn. Ct. App. 2012).
Marina Cnty. Water Dist. v. State Water Resources Control Bd., 163 Cal. App. 3d 132 (Cal. Ct. App. 1984).
Horsefly Irrigation/Langell Valley v. DEQ, 344 Or. App. 23 (Or. Ct. App. 2025).
Montana v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 137 F.3d 1135 (9th Cir. 1998).
Idaho Sporting Cong. v. Thomas, 137 F.3d 1146 (9th Cir. 1998).
Associated Indus. of Alabama, Inc. v. Russell E. Train, Adm'r, Env't Prot. Agency, State of Alabama, Movant-Appellant, 543 F.2d 1159 (5th Cir. 1976).
Am. Paper Inst., Inc. v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 726 F. Supp. 1256 (S.D. Ala. 1989).
Idaho Conservation League v. Atlanta Gold Corp., 844 F. Supp. 2d 1116 (D. Idaho 2012).
Deschutes River All. v. Portland Gen. Elec. Co., 331 F. Supp. 3d 1187 (D. Or. 2018).
City of Seattle v. Monsanto Co., 387 F. Supp. 3d 1141 (W.D. Wash. 2019).
Oregon Nat. Resources Council v. Lyng, 882 F.2d 1417 (9th Cir. 1989).
Virginia Elec. & Power Co. v. Costle, 566 F.2d 446 (4th Cir. 1977).
United States Steel Corp. v. Train, 556 F.2d 822 (7th Cir. 1977).
Missouri Soybean Ass'n v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 289 F.3d 509 (8th Cir. 2002).
City Nat'l Bank v. United States, 33 Fed. Cl. 759 (Fed. Cl. 1995).
Dioxin/Organochlorine Ctr. v. Clarke, 57 F.3d 1517 (9th Cir. 1995).
Table Rock Chapter of Trout Unlimited v. Env't Mgmt. Comm'n, 663 S.E.2d 333 (N.C. Ct. App. 2008).
Oneida Tribe of Indians v. Vill. of Hobart, 891 F. Supp. 2d 1058 (E.D. Wis. 2012).
Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Ctr. v. Graham, 899 F. Supp. 2d 948 (E.D. Cal. 2012).
Env't Def. Ctr., Inc. v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 344 F.3d 832 (9th Cir. 2003).
Nat'l Wildlife Fed'n v. Cosgriffe, 21 F. Supp. 2d 1211 (D. Or. 1998).
PacifiCorp v. DEQ, 344 Or. App. 11 (Or. Ct. App. 2025).
Nat'l Resources Def. Council v. U.S. Env't Prot. Agency, 437 F. Supp. 2d 1137 (C.D. Cal. 2006).
Cent. Sierra Envtl. Res. Ctr. v. Stanislaus Nat'l Forest, 304 F. Supp. 3d 916 (E.D. Cal. 2018).
Am. Paper Inst., Inc. v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 996 F.2d 346 (D.C. Cir. 1993).
Kelso v. Rybachek, 912 P.2d 536 (Alaska 1996).
Miners Advocacy Council, Inc. v. State, Dep't of Env't Conservation, 778 P.2d 1126 (Alaska 1989).
Scott v. City of Hammond, Ind., 530 F. Supp. 288 (N.D. Ill. 1981).
Stein v. Barton, 740 F. Supp. 743 (D. Alaska 1990).
Anderson v. Missouri Clean Water Comm'n, 675 S.W.2d 115 (Mo. Ct. App. 1984).
Pine Creek Valley Watershed Assoc. v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 137 F. Supp. 3d 767 (E.D. Pa. 2015).
Montgomery Env't Coalition v. Costle, 646 F.2d 568 (D.C. Cir. 1980).
United States v. Washington, 506 F. Supp. 187 (W.D. Wash. 1980).
Nw. Indian Cemetery Prot. Ass'n v. Peterson, 795 F.2d 688 (9th Cir. 1986).
United States v. Colonial Pipeline Co., Inc., 242 F. Supp. 2d 1365 (N.D. Ga. 2002).
Env't Prot. Info. Ctr. v. Pac. Lumber Co., 301 F. Supp. 2d 1102 (N.D. Cal. 2004).
Florida Wildlife Fed'n, Inc. v. Adm'r, U.S. Env't Prot. Agency, 620 F. App'x 705 (11th Cir. 2015).
Lower Salford Twp. Auth. v. Dep't of Env't Prot., 67 A.3d 50 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2013).
Am. Paper Inst., Inc. v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 890 F.2d 869 (7th Cir. 1989).
Minnesota Ctr. for Env't Advocacy, Relator v. City of Winsted, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, 890 N.W.2d 153 (Minn. Ct. App. 2017).
City of Tenakee Springs v. Clough, 750 F. Supp. 1406 (D. Alaska 1990).
Sierra Club v. Hankinson, 939 F. Supp. 872 (N.D. Ga. 1996).
Atl. City Mun. Utils. Auth. v. Reg'l Adm'r, 616 F. Supp. 722 (D.N.J. 1985).
Evans v. Train, 460 F. Supp. 237 (S.D. Ohio 1978).
Nat. Resources Def. Council, Inc. v. Train, 396 F. Supp. 1386 (D.D.C. 1975).
San Francisco Baykeeper v. Whitman, 287 F.3d 764 (9th Cir. 2002).
Env't Law & Policy Ctr. v. United States Env't Prot. Agency (N.D. Ohio 2019). “That assignment came but a few weeks after Ohio declared, in its amended 2016 IntegratedReport, that Lake Erie was “one of the highest” priorities for the State’s remediation efforts.”
Anacostia Riverkeeper, Inc. v. Johnson (D.D.C. 2011).
Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. United States Env't Prot. Agency (9th Cir. 2026).
CORALations v. USEPA, 477 F. Supp. 2d 413 (D.P.R. 2007).
Reserve Mining Co. v. Env't Prot. Agency, 514 F.2d 492 (8th Cir. 1975).
Matter of Riverkeeper, Inc. v. New York State Dept. of Envtl. Conservation, 2022 NY Slip Op 04336 (N.Y. App. Div. 2022).
Nat. Resources Def. Council, Inc. v. Env't Prot. Agency (D.D.C. 2018).
Upper Missouri Waterkeeper v. United States Env't Prot. Agency (D. Mont. 2020).
Upper Missouri Waterkeeper v. United States Env't Prot. Agency (D. Mont. 2020).
Oregon Wild v. U.S. Forest Serv., 193 F. Supp. 3d 1156 (D. Or. 2016).
Nw. Sportfishing Indus. Ass'n v. Dep't of Ecology, 288 P.3d 677 (Wash. Ct. App. 2012).
Hawes v. State, 125 P.3d 778 (Or. Ct. App. 2005).
Port of Seattle v. PCHB, 90 P.3d 659 (Wash. 2004).
State of Alabama v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (D.D.C. 2023).
Nw. Env't Advocates v. Nat'l Marine Fisheries Serv. (D. Idaho 2021).
Nw. Env't Advocates v. United States Env't Prot. Agency (D. Or. 2024).
Kansas Nat. Resource Council, Inc. v. Whitman, 255 F. Supp. 2d 1208 (D. Kan. 2003).
KY Waterways v. Johnson (6th Cir. 2008).
Nm Mining Assn. v. Water Quality Control, 164 P.3d 81 (N.M. Ct. App. 2007).
Atl. City Mun. Utils. Auth. v. Reg'l Adm'r, 803 F.2d 96 (3rd Cir. 1986).
Nw. Env't Advocates v. United States Env't Prot. Agency (W.D. Wash. 2021).
Nw. Env't Advocates v. United States Env't Prot. Agency (W.D. Wash. 2021).
Matter of Riverkeeper, Inc. v. New York State Dept. of Envtl. Conservation, 2022 NY Slip Op 04336 (N.Y. App. Div. 2022).
Montana v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 941 F. Supp. 945 (D. Mont. 1996).
Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 88 F. Supp. 3d 1231 (W.D. Wash. 2015).
Nat. Resources Def. Council, Inc. v. Costle, 564 F.2d 573 (D.C. Cir. 1977).
Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Train, 649 F.2d 481 (7th Cir. 1980).
Nat. Resources Def. Council, Inc. v. New York State Dep't of Env't Conservation, 35 Misc. 3d 652 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2012).
Riverkeeper, Inc. v. Wheeler, 373 F. Supp. 3d 443 (S.D. Ill. 2019).
United States Dep't of Energy v. Ohio, 503 U.S. 607 (1992).
City of Sarasota v. Env't Prot. Agency & Lee M. Thomas, 813 F.2d 1106 (11th Cir. 1987).
Nat. Resources Def. Council v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 279 F.3d 1180 (9th Cir. 2002).
Pronsolino ex rel. Pronsolino v. Nastri, 291 F.3d 1123 (9th Cir. 2002).
Friends of Pinto Creek v. USEPA, 504 F.3d 1007 (9th Cir. 2007).
Nw. Indian Cemetery Prot. Ass'n v. Peterson, 764 F.2d 581 (9th Cir. 1985).
Safe Air for Everyone v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 488 F.3d 1088 (9th Cir. 2007).
League of Wilderness Defenders-Blue Mountains Biodiversity Proj. v. United States Forest Serv., 445 F. Supp. 2d 1186 (D. Or. 2006).
United States v. State of Wash., 506 F. Supp. 187 (W.D. Wash. 1980).
Missouri Coalition for the Env't v. Wheeler (W.D. Mo. 2021).
Blue Water Baltimore v. McCarthy (D.D.C. 2019).
Rio Hondo Land v. EPA, 995 F.3d 1124 (10th Cir. 2021).
Nw. Env't Advocates v. United States Env't Prot. Agency (D. Or. 2022).
Gulf Restoration Network v. Gina McCarthy (5th Cir. 2015).
Westvaco Corp. v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 899 F.2d 1383 (4th Cir. 1990).
Chasm Hydro, Inc. v. New York State Dep't of Env't Conservation, 58 A.D.3d 1100 (N.Y. App. Div. 2009).
Pine Creek Valley Watershed Assoc. v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 97 F. Supp. 3d 590 (E.D. Pa. 2015).
Env't Prot. Agency v. California Ex Rel. State Water Resources Control Bd., 426 U.S. 200 (1976).
Potomac Riverkeeper v. Pruitt (D.D.C. 2019).
Nat. Resources Def. Council, Inc. v. Env't Prot. Agency (D.D.C. 2020).
Puget Soundkeeper All. v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 314 F.R.D. 516 (W.D. Wash. 2016).
Puget Soundkeeper All., V. Wa State Dept. Of Ecology (Wash. Ct. App. 2023).
Petition of Blue Water Baltimore (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 2024).
Petition of Blue Water Baltimore (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 2024).
Petition of Blue Water Baltimore (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 2024).
Black Warrior River-Keeper Inc v. US Env't Prot. Agency (N.D. Ala. 2021).
Morrisville Hydroelectric Proj Water Quality - Decision on the Merits (Following Remand) (Vt. Super. Ct. 2020).
State of Washington v. United States Env't Prot. Agency (W.D. Wash. 2020).
Lower Salford Twp. Auth. v. United States Env't Prot. Agency (E.D. Pa. 2025).
Rio Hondo Land & Cattle Co. v. N.M. Water Quality Control Comm'n (N.M. Ct. App. 2019).
Blue Mountains Biodiversity Proj. v. Pence, 22 F. Supp. 2d 1136 (D. Or. 1998).
United States v. Montrose Chem. Corp., 788 F. Supp. 1485 (C.D. Cal. 1992).
Nat. Resources Def. Council, Inc. v. U.S. Env't Prot. Agency, 863 F.2d 1420 (9th Cir. 1988).
Nat. Resources Def. Council, Inc. v. U.S. Env't Prot. Agency, 859 F.2d 156 (D.C. Cir. 1988).
James G. Thomas v. Stephen L. Johnson (8th Cir. 2009).
Safe Air for Everyone v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 475 F.3d 1096 (9th Cir. 2007).
Env't Def. Ctr., Inc. v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 319 F.3d 398 (9th Cir. 2003).
North Dakota v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 320 F. Supp. 2d 873 (D. Minnesota 2004).
State Water Control Bd. v. Washington Suburban Sanitary Comm'n, 61 F.R.D. 588 (D.D.C. 1974).
Spokane Cnty. v. Sierra Club (Wash. Ct. App. 2016).
Exelon Generation Co., LLC v. Grumbles (D.D.C. 2019).
Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. United States Env't Prot. Admin. (D. Ariz. 2023). “33 U.S.C § 1313(c)(4). 22 The Center and EPA agree on the material facts.”
Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa v. United States Env't Prot. Agency (D. Minnesota 2024).
Missouri Coalition for the Env't v. Wheeler (W.D. Mo. 2020).
Ohio Valley Env't Coalition, Inc. v. Pruitt (S.D.W. Va 2019).
Sierra Club v. United States Env't Prot. Agency (S.D.W. Va 2024).
Matter of Chesapeake Bay Found., Inc. (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 2024).
PacifiCorp v. DEQ, 344 Or. App. 11 (Or. Ct. App. 2025).
Friends of the Wild Swan, Inc. v. U.S. Env't Prot. Agency, 130 F. Supp. 2d 1199 (D. Mont. 2000). “…late to follow all the mandates of the Act, the EPA would have to develop the requisite TMDLs within thirty days. See33U.S.C. § 1313(d)(2).”
Islander East Pipeline Co. v. M cCarthy (2d Cir. 2008).
Sarasota v. Env't Prot. Agency, 799 F.2d 674 (11th Cir. 1986).
State of Mont. v. USEPA, 941 F. Supp. 945 (D. Mont. 1996).
Minnesota Ctr. for Env't Advocacy, Relator v. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency , Metro. Council Env't Servs. (Minn. Ct. App. 2016).
Stevens v. Prettyman Manor Mobile Home Park Wastewater Treatment Plant, 187 A.3d 715 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 2018).
Sound Rivers (N.C. Ct. App. 2020).
City of Duarte v. State Water Resources Control Bd. (Cal. Ct. App. 2021).
City of Duarte v. State Water Resources Control Bd. (Cal. Ct. App. 2021).
Gunpowder Riverkeeper v. Wheeler (D.D.C. 2021).
City & Cnty. of San Francisco v. Usepa (9th Cir. 2023).
Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Env't Prot. Agency (D.D.C. 2023).
Clean Water SoCal v. U.S. EPA (E.D. Cal. 2023).
Upper Missouri Waterkeeper v. United States Env't Prot. Agency (D. Mont. 2019).
West Virginia, State of v. U.S. Env't Prot. Agency (D.N.D. 2023).
Sound Rivers (N.C. Ct. App. 2020).
Morrisville Hydroelectric Proj Water Quality - Decision on Motion (Vt. Super. Ct. 2020).
Morrisville Hydroelectric Proj Water Quality (Vt. Super. Ct. 2017).
Morrisville Hydroelectric Proj Water Quality - Decision on the Merits (Vt. Super. Ct. 2018).
Multiple Wastewater Treatment Facility Permits - Decision on Motions (Vt. Super. Ct. 2019).
Sierra Club v. United States Env't Prot. Agency (S.D.W. Va 2024).
City of Guyton v. Barrow (two Cases), 305 Ga. 799 (Ga. 2019).
Save Our Springs All., Inc. v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality & the City of Dripping Springs (Tex. 2025).
N.M. Env't Dep't v. Water Quality Control Comm'n (N.M. Ct. App. 2024).
Horsefly Irrigation/Langell Valley v. DEQ, 344 Or. App. 23 (Or. Ct. App. 2025).
Lucas Cnty. Bd. of Comm'rs v. EPA (6th Cir. 2026).
Ubwpad v. Epa (1st Cir. 2012).
Alabama Deparment of Env't Mgmt.. v. Alabama Rivers All., Inc., 14 So. 3d 853 (Ala. Civ. App. 2007).
League of Wild. Defen. v. Us Forest Serv., 445 F. Supp. 2d 1186 (D. Or. 2006).
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. v. New York State Dep't of Env't Conservation, 187 A.D.2d 7 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993).
City of Cookeville, Tennessee v. Tennessee Water Quality Control Bd. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2004).
Nat'l Mining Ass'n v. Jackson (D.D.C. 2011).
City of Waco v. Texas Nat. Resource Conservation Comm'n & Jeffrey A. Saitas, as Exec. Dir. (Tex. App. 2002).
Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality v. Exxon Mobil Corp. ExxonMobil Oil Corp. Pennzoil-Quaker State Co. & Shell Oil Co. (Tex. App. 2015).
Nat. Resources Def. Council, Inc. v. New York State Dep't of Env't Conservation, 111 A.D.3d 737 (N.Y. App. Div. 2013).
El Dorado Chem. Co. v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 960 F. Supp. 2d 838 (W.D. Ark. 2013).
Us Ex Rel. Dept. of Fish & Game v. Montrose, 788 F. Supp. 1485 (C.D. Cal. 1992).
Ctr. For Env't Law & Policy v. Dept Of Ecology (Wash. Ct. App. 2016).
City of Key West v. Key West Golf Club Homeowners' Assoc. Inc. (Fla. 3d DCA 2017).
Cnty. of Butte v. Dept. of Water Resources (Cal. Ct. App. 2018).
Pocono Manor Investors, LP v. DEP (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2019).
Cnty. of Butte v. Dept. of Water Resources (Cal. Ct. App. 2019).
Delaware Riverkeeper Network Vs. New Jersey Dep't of Env't Prot. Stony Brook-millstone Watershed Ass'n Vs. New Jersey Dep't of Env't Prot. (Dep't of Env't Prot.) (Consol.) (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2020).
Sanitary Brd of Charleston v. Andrew Wheeler (4th Cir. 2020).
Wa State Dairy Fed'n, V Wa State Pollution Control Hearings (Wash. Ct. App. 2021).
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by PA DEP v. Monsanto Co., Solutia Inc. & Pharmacia LLC (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2021).
Cnty. of Butte v. Dep't of Water Res., 241 Cal. Rptr. 3d 720 (Cal. Ct. App. 5th 2018).
City of Tacoma v. Dep't of Ecology (Wash. Ct. App. 2023).
MEIC v. Westmoreland Rosebud Mining, 2023 MT 224 (Mont. 2023).
MEIC v. Westmoreland Rosebud Mining (Mont. 2023).
Black Warrior River-Keeper Inc v. US Env't Prot. Agency (N.D. Ala. 2019).
Hayes Oyster Co. v. Dept. of Agric. (Or. Ct. App. 2024).
Cent. Sierra Env't Resource Ctr. v. Stanislaus Nat'l Forest (E.D. Cal. 2019).
CA Sportfishing Prot. All. v. Allison (E.D. Cal. 2023).
Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future v. Regan (N.D. Cal. 2020).
Our Child.'s Earth Found. v. Regan (N.D. Cal. 2024).
State of Maine v. Mccarthy (D. Me. 2020).
Cottonwood Env't Law Ctr. v. Edwards (D. Mont. 2021).
Telford Borough Auth. v. United States Env't Prot. Agency (E.D. Pa. 2020).
Delaware Riverkeeper Network v. Sunoco Pipeline L.P. (E.D. Pa. 2020).
South Carolina Coastal Conservation League v. United States Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston Dist. (D.S.C. 2023).
Cottonwood Env't Law Ctr. v. Edwards (D. Mont. 2021).
State of Texas v. United States Env't Prot. Agency (S.D. Tex. 2023).
Sierra Club v. McLerran (W.D. Wash. 2020).
Sanitary Bd. of the City of Charleston, West Virginia v. McCarthy (S.D.W. Va 2018).
Ohio Valley Env't Coalition, Inc. v. Pruitt (S.D.W. Va 2020).
Kanawha Forest Coalition v. Keystone West Virginia, LLC (S.D.W. Va 2023).
Camarillo Sanitary Dist. v. Cal. Reg'l Water Quality etc. CA2/6 (Cal. Ct. App. 2024).
San Francisco Baykeeper v. Sunnyvale (N.D. Cal. 2025).
Columbus Water Works v. Richard Dunn, Dir., Georgia Env't Prot. Div. (Ga. Ct. App. 2023).
Sterling v. City of Jackson (5th Cir. 2025). “Indeed, as a public water system professional, Director of Public Works Powell in fact knew of the seriously low pH of the surface waters Jackson was switching to, as well as the fact that certain segments had previously been designated impaired for low pH pursuant to section…”
The Boro of W. Chester, Aplt. v. PASSHE (Pa. 2026).
FRIENDS OF THE EVERGLADES v. South Florida Water Mgmt. Dist., 605 F.3d 962 (11th Cir. 2009).
Nat. Resources Def. Council, Inc. v. New York State Dep't of Env't Conservation, 111 A.D.3d 737 (N.Y. App. Div. 2013).
Vacation Vil. Homeowners Assn., Inc. v. Town of Fallsburg, 2024 NY Slip Op 06248 (N.Y. App. Div. 2024).
Fed. Ins. Co. v. Union Pac. R.R. Co. (9th Cir. 2011).
State Dept. of Fin. v. Com. on State Mandates (Cal. Ct. App. 2013).
State Dept. of Fin. v. Com. on State Mandates (Cal. Ct. App. 2013).
Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. Dept. Fish & Wildlife (Cal. Ct. App. 2014).
Anacostia Riverkeeper v. Johnson (D.D.C. 2010).
Sierra Club v. Patriot Mining Co. (W. Va. 2014).
City of Waco v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality (Tex. App. 2010).
City of Waco v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality (Tex. App. 2010).
City of Waco v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality (Tex. App. 2010).
City of Waco v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality (Tex. App. 2010).
City of Waco v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality (Tex. App. 2011).
City of Waco v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality (Tex. App. 2011).
Nrdc v. Epa (2d Cir. 2015).
MO Soybean Assoc. v. EPA (8th Cir. 2002).
Snoqualmie Indian v. Ferc (9th Cir. 2008).
Greater Yellowstone v. Lewis (9th Cir. 2010).
Nrdc v. Epa (2d Cir. 2015).
Sheffield Wind Proj. (Vt. Super. Ct. 2009).
Montpelier WWTF Discharge Permit (Vt. Super. Ct. 2009).
Entergy Nuclear/Vermont Yankee thermal Discharge Permit Amendment (Vt. Super. Ct. 2007).
Deer Brook Buffer Reduction (Vt. Super. Ct. 2007).
Ohio Valley Env't Coalition, Inc. v. Alex Energy, Inc., 34 F. Supp. 3d 632 (S.D.W. Va 2014).
Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper v. Forsyth Cnty. (Ga. Ct. App. 2012).
In Re Operation of Missouri River Sys. Lit., 320 F. Supp. 2d 873 (D. Minnesota 2004).
Hanks v. Costle, 501 F. Supp. 195 (E.D. Va. 1980).
Friends of the Wild Swan, Inc. v. U.S. Env't Prot. Agency, 130 F. Supp. 2d 1207 (D. Mont. 2000).
Application of 18 U.S.C. §§ 203 & 205 to Fed. Employees Detailed to State & Local Governments (OLC 1980).
Dubois v. US Dept, of Agric. (D.N.H. 1995).
— 33 U.S.C. § 1313(a)(2) — 1 case
City of Dover, New Hampshire v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 956 F. Supp. 2d 272 (D.D.C. 2013). “33 U.S.C § 1313(a)(2), (a)(3), (b), (c)(1).”
— 33 U.S.C. § 1313(c)(2)(A) — 1 case
Gulf Restoration Network v. Gina McCarthy, 783 F.3d 227 (5th Cir. 2015). “9 The EPA may also directly set water quality standards through its own regulations under the two circumstances set out in 33 U.S.C. § 1313 (c)(4)(A) and (B) (“section 1313(c)(4)”).”
— 33 U.S.C. § 1313(c)(4) — 1 case
Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. United States Env't Prot. Admin. (D. Ariz. 2023). “33 U.S.C § 1313(c)(4). 22 The Center and EPA agree on the material facts.”
— 33 U.S.C. § 1313(d) — 1 case
Sterling v. City of Jackson (5th Cir. 2025). “Indeed, as a public water system professional, Director of Public Works Powell in fact knew of the seriously low pH of the surface waters Jackson was switching to, as well as the fact that certain segments had previously been designated impaired for low pH pursuant to section…”
— 33 U.S.C. § 1313(d)(1) — 1 case
Ohio Valley Env't Coalition, Inc. v. McCarthy, 313 F.R.D. 10 (S.D.W. Va 2015). “33 U.S.C. § 1313 (a)(3)(A), (b), (c). These standards include water quality criteria, in narrative form, numeric, or both, which define the amounts of pollutants that may be discharged into specific water bodies.”
— 33 U.S.C. § 1313(d)(1)(A) — 1 case
Potomac Riverkeeper, Inc. v. Md. Dep't of the Env't, 189 A.3d 819 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 2018). “§ 1313 (d)(1)(C), when they identify those waters for which effluent limitations cannot implement the WQSs , 33 U.S.C.§ 1313(d)(1)(A). As with water quality standards, the states have the obligation of setting TMDLs and submitting them to the EPA for approval.”
— 33 U.S.C. § 1313(d)(1)(C) — 2 cases
Am. Canoe Ass'n v. United States Env't Prot. Agency, 30 F. Supp. 2d 908 (E.D. Va. 1998). “33 U.S.C. § 1313 (a)-(c). Next, states must assess their waters to see which waters fail to meet these water quality standards.”
Env't Law & Policy Ctr. v. United States Env't Prot. Agency (N.D. Ohio 2019). “That assignment came but a few weeks after Ohio declared, in its amended 2016 IntegratedReport, that Lake Erie was “one of the highest” priorities for the State’s remediation efforts.”
— 33 U.S.C. § 1313(d)(2) — 1 case
Friends of the Wild Swan, Inc. v. U.S. Env't Prot. Agency, 130 F. Supp. 2d 1199 (D. Mont. 2000). “…late to follow all the mandates of the Act, the EPA would have to develop the requisite TMDLs within thirty days. See33U.S.C. § 1313(d)(2).”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.