Sierra Club, a California Non-Profit Corporation v. Union Oil Company of California, a California Corporation, Defendants

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• “The state’s method of adopting a more stringent standard should be subject to scrutiny only at the permit issuance stage.”
• vacated on other grounds by Union Oil Co. of California v. Sierra Club, 485 U.S. 931 (1988)
• to allow permittees to submit extrinsic evidence that their publicly filed reports were inaccurate would undermine the efficacy of the CWA's self-monitoring program, and defeat the public's ability to assist in the enforcement of discharge limitations
• “It is unclear whether the court intended to excuse these violations under the upset defense or under a de minimis theory. In either event, the district court erred. The Clean Water Act and the regulations promulgated under it make no provision for ‘rare’ violations.”
• “It is unclear whether the court intended to excuse these violations under the upset defense or under a de minimis theory. In either event, the district court erred. The Clean Water Act and the regulations promulgated under it make no provision for ‘rare’ violations.”
• CWA \makes no provision for 'rare' violations\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).