Puerto Rico Sun Oil Company v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

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• noting that EQB's certification \must have appeared a probable candidate for administrative or judicial revision\ as it incorporated effluent standards that had already been abandoned
• noting that EQB's certification \must have ___ appeared a probable candidate for administrative or judicial revision\ as it incorporated effluent standards that had already been abandoned
• giving deference to the EPA’s interpretation of its regulations and Section 401 to give it discretion to “declare a waiver” once the one-year deadline has passed, or to decide to accept a certification filed late
• discussing “rules of thumb” pertaining to definition of arbitrary and capricious agency action; to avoid being arbitrary and capricious, agency decision must, inter alia, discuss relevant issues, show consistency with past practice and avoid unexplained discrimination
• state agency’s characterization of its 401 certification as nonfinal did not affect procedural validity of federal permit
• state agency's characterization of its 401 certification as nonfinal did not affect procedural validity of federal permit

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