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· 4/23/2013

Mingo Logan Coal Co. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

Citations

  • 404 U.S. App. D.C. 375
  • 714 F.3d 608
  • 43 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20094
  • 2013 WL 1729603
  • 76 ERC (BNA) 1213
  • 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 8121

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the statute’s use of the phrases “whenever” and “including the withdrawal of specification” evince Congress’ intent to allow the EPA to use its § 404(c) authority after a permit issues
  • “[T]he unambiguous language of subsection 404(c) manifests the Congress’s intent to confer on EPA a broad veto power extending beyond the permit issuance.”
  • “[S]ection 404(b) makes equally clear ... that the Administrator has, in effect, the final say on the specified disposal sites ‘whenever’ he makes the statutorily required ‘unacceptable adverse effect’ determination.”

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Judges: Henderson, Griffith, Kavanaugh

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