TRAIN v. COLORADO PUB. INT. RESEARCH GROUP, INC.

No. 74-1270.

426 U.S. 1 (1976)

TRAIN, ADMINISTRATOR, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, ET AL. v. COLORADO PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP, INC., ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 1, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Solicitor General Randolph argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Bork, Assistant Attorney General Johnson, Harriet S. Shapiro, Raymond N. Zagone, Dirk D. Snel, and Robert V. Zener.

David C. Mastbaum argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Richard Cotton and David E. Engdahl.*


MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.

The issue in this case is whether the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has the authority under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA), as amended in 1972, 86 Stat. 816, 33 U. S. C. § 1251 et seq. (1970 ed., Supp. IV), to regulate the discharge into the Nation's waterways of nuclear waste materials subject to regulation by the Atomic Energy Commission...

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