DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. SCHRAMM

No. 78-2209.

631 F.2d 854 (1980)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, a Municipal Corporation, Appellant, v. Jack J. SCHRAMM, Regional Administrator, Region III, U. S. EPA, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick F. Stiehl, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom Judith W. Rogers, Corp. Counsel, John C. Salyer and Richard G. Wise, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellant.

Thomas A. Deming, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Maryland, Annapolis, Md., with whom Edward F. Lawson, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Maryland, Annapolis, Md., was on brief, for appellee Andrews, Director of Maryland Water Resources Administration.

Nancy B. Firestone, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom James W. Moorman, Asst. Atty. Gen., John E. Varnum and Dirk D. Snel, Attys., Dept. of Justice, and Joan Z. Bernstein, Gen. Counsel, and Diane L. Olsson, Atty., Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellees.

Paul T. Sisson was on brief for appellee Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission.

Charles G. Dalrymple, Silver Springs, Md., and John J. Delaney, Washington, D. C., were on brief for appellee RCTS Charter Ass'n.

Stephen M. Truitt and David G. Burwell, Washington, D. C., were on brief for amicus curiae National Wildlife Federation urging reversal and remand.

Before J. EDWARD LUMBARD, U. S. Senior Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, and TAMM and MIKVA, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge TAMM.

TAMM, Circuit Judge:

Though Rock Creek flows placidly through the Maryland countryside and the heart of Washington, D. C., apprehension about future quality of the creek's water has erupted into a dispute between these two jurisdictions. The District of Columbia (District) sought injunctive and declaratory relief against the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency), the state of Maryland...

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