· 9/5/1978
Weyerhaeuser Company v. Douglas M. Costle, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, No. 76-1674
Citations
- 590 F.2d 1011
- 191 U.S. App. D.C. 309
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- Agency may handle “upset” conditions for effluent limitations for existing sources under Federal Water Pollution Control Act by exercising enforcement discretion rather than through- “excursion” regulations
- an agency “need not subject every incremental change in its conclusions after each round of notice and comment to further public scrutiny before final action”
- “So long as [the agency] pays some attention to the congressionally specified factors, the section on its face lets [the agency] relate the various factors as it deems necessary.”
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Judges: McGOWAN, Richey, Tamm
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