Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SCALIA.
SCALIA, Circuit Judge:
Section 505(d) of the Clean Water Act, added by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 ("FWPCA Amendments of 1972"), Pub.L. No. 92-500, 86 Stat. 816, 889 (codified at 33 U.S.C. § 1365(d) (1982)), provides that a court may award attorney's fees in citizen suits brought under the Act "whenever the court determines such award is appropriate." In this case, we...
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