SOUND RIVERS v. DEP'T OF ENVTL. QUALITY

No. 306A20.

891 S.E.2d 83 (2023)

SOUND RIVERS, INC. and North Carolina Coastal Federation, Inc. v. N.C. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, Division of Water Resources, Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed September 1, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Southern Environmental Law Center, by Geoffrey R. Gisler , Blakely E. Hildebrand , and Jean Y. Zhuang , for petitioner-appellees.

Joshua H. Stein , Attorney General, by Asher P. Spiller , Assistant Attorney General and Scott A. Conklin , Assistant Attorney General, for respondent-appellant.

Daniel F. E. Smith , Matthew B. Tynan , George W. House , Alexander Elkan , and V. Randall Tinsley , Greensboro, for intervenor-appellant.


I. Background

On 24 July 2013, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Resources (Division) issued a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit (Permit) to Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (Martin Marietta). This Permit allowed Martin Marietta to discharge 12 million gallons...

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