NORTHWEST ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES; The Ocean Conservancy, Inc.; Waterkeepers Northern California, Petitioners, and
The States Of New York, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Petitioners-Intervenors,
v.
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Respondent.
Northwest Environmental Advocates; The Ocean Conservancy; Santa Monica Baykeeper, dba San Francisco Baykeeper; dba DeltaBaykeeper, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and
The States of New York, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellees,
v.
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Defendant-Appellant, and
The Shipping Industry Ballast Water Coalition, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellant.
Northwest Environmental Advocates; The Ocean Conservancy; Santa Monica Baykeeper, dba San Francisco Baykeeper; dba DeltaBaykeeper, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and
The States of New York, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellees,
v.
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Defendant-Appellant, and
The Shipping Industry Ballast Water Coalition, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellant.
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Argued and Submitted August 14, 2007.
Filed July 23, 2008.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Deborah A. Sivas, Stanford Law School Legal Clinics, Stanford, CA, Melissa Powers, Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center, Portland, OR, Michael R. Lozeau, Alameda, CA, for the petitioners-appellants/plaintiffs-appellees.
Jennifer L. Scheller, Thomas Sansoneti, Martin F. McDermott, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., Nancy J. Marvel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, San Francisco, CA, for the respondent-appellee/defendant-appellant.
Michael W. Evans; Brian K. McCalmon; James R. Weiss, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis, Washington, D.C., Tim Walker; Rachel R. Davidson, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis, San Francisco, CA, for the defendant-intervenor-appellant.
Timothy Hoffman, Office of the Attorney General, Buffalo, NY, Michael A. Cox, Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, MI, Peggy Lautenschlager, Wisconsin Attorney General, Madison, WI, Mike Hatch, Attorney General of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, Lisa Madigan, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, Richard P. Mather, Department of Environmental Protection, Harrisburg, PA, Michael W. Evans, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis, for the plaintiffs-intervenors-appellees.
Before: HAWKINS, KIM McLANE WARDLAW, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs in this case are Northwest Environmental Advocates, San Francisco Baykeeper, and The Ocean Conservancy. Plaintiffs-intervenors are the States of Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Plaintiffs and plaintiffs-intervenors challenge a regulation originally promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") in 1973 exempting certain marine discharges from the permitting scheme of sections...
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