MISSISSIPPI COMMISSION ON NATURAL RESOURCES, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Douglas M. COSTLE, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
September 18, 1980.
September 18, 1980.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
William A. Allain, Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby, MacRae, G. S. Peter Bergen, New York City, J. I. Palmer, Jr., Jackson, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.
James N. Christman, J. Kennerly Davis, Jr., Turner T. Smith, Jr., Richmond, Va., amicus curiae.
Robert E. Hauberg, U.S. Atty., L. K. Travis, Asst. U.S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellees.
William L. Andreen, Atlanta, Ga., James W. Moorman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert L. Klarquist, Land & Natural Resources Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Martin W. Matzen, Washington, D. C., for EPA.
Before GEE, FAY and RANDALL, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
FAY, Circuit Judge:
The Mississippi Commission on Natural Resources (Commission)1 challenges the authority of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate a water quality standard on dissolved oxygen for Mississippi. The Commission filed a complaint seeking a declaratory judgment that EPA's rejection of the state standard and promulgation of a federal standard were arbitrary, capricious, and beyond EPA's authority...
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