LONGVIEW FIBRE CO. v. RASMUSSEN

Nos. 91-70389, 91-70398.

980 F.2d 1307 (1992)

LONGVIEW FIBRE COMPANY, James River II, Inc., Boise Cascade Corporation, and Weyerhaeuser Company, Petitioners, and Columbia River United and Dioxin/Organochlorine Center, Petitioner-Intervenor, v. Dana A. RASMUSSEN, Regional Administrator, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Respondents. COLUMBIA RIVER UNITED AND DIOXIN/ORGANOCHLORINE CENTER, Petitioner, v. Dana A. RASMUSSEN, Regional Administrator, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 8, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beth S. Ginsberg and Karen M. McGaffey, Bogle & Gates, Seattle, Wash., for petitioners.

Victor M. Sher, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Seattle, Wash., for petitioner-intervenor and petitioner.

Christopher S. Vaden and Diane M. Connolly, Barry M. Hartman, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Roland Dubois, E.P.A., Washington, D.C., and Adrianne Allen, E.P.A., Seattle, Wash., for respondents.

Before PREGERSON, TROTT and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.


KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:

Several pulp mills and environmental advocacy organizations petition for review of a Clean Water Act determination by the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA issued limits on dioxins discharged into the Columbia River, which the pulp mills claim are too stringent and the advocacy groups claim are too liberal. The limits are called total maximum daily loads.1 We conclude that we lack jurisdiction, so we do...

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