NRDC v. Costle
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
568 F.2d 1369 (1977)
Relevant factsFree
The EPA Administrator exempted certain classes of point sources from the Act's permit requirement, citing limited agency resources to process every permit, and NRDC challenged this as beyond the Administrator's statutory authority; the district court granted summary judgment for NRDC.
IssueFree
Whether the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency possesses the authority to exempt certain pollution point sources from the permit requirement of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
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