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ASS'N OF PAC. FISHERIES v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

No. 75-2007.

615 F.2d 794 (1980)

ASSOCIATION OF PACIFIC FISHERIES, New England Fish Company, Peter Pan Seafoods, Petersburg Fisheries, Inc., and Whitney-Fidalgo Seafoods, Petitioners, v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

February 4, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Blumenfeld, Seattle, Wash., for petitioners.

Lee R. Tyner, Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before TRASK, SNEED, and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges.

KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:

In 1972 Congress, intending "to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation's waters," amended the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Act), 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq. Congress established national pollution goals to be achieved by specific dates. By July 1, 1977, industries discharging pollutants into the nation's waters were to have achieved "the best practicable control technology currently...

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