OH VALLEY ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION, INC. v. PRUITT

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: James Anthony Maysonett , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Derek Owen Teaney , APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN ADVOCATES, INC., Lewisburg, West Virginia, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Jeffrey H. Wood , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Eric Grant , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, David J. Kaplan , Environment & Natural Resources Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C.; James Curtin , Stefania Shamet , UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Patrick Parenteau , Jill Witkowski Heaps , Rachel L.B. Stevens , Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic, VERMONT LAW SCHOOL, South Royalton, Vermont; Todd D. Ommen , Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic, ELISABETH HAUB SCHOOL OF LAW, White Plains, New York, for Amici National Wildlife Federation, Waterkeeper Alliance, Incorporated, and Riverkeeper, Inc. Joel C. Beauvais , Claudia M. O'Brien , Stijn Van Osch , LATHAM & WATKINS LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici National Association of Clean Water Agencies, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, and National Mining Association. Douglas Crouse , Robert G. McLusky , JACKSON KELLY, PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia, for Amicus West Virginia Coal Association.

Reversed by published opinion. Judge Motz wrote the opinion, in which Judge Niemeyer and Judge Floyd joined.