So the court said that it “cannot find” Oregon had decided not to submit TMDLs in those categories, “much less conclude unequivocally and clearly.
Consequently, time spent researching attorneys you trust and can afford (through sites like Contact Law) will likely make life much harder for the other side.
The case, as adjudicated on August 2 in oral arguments, will still play out. James N. Saul from the Wild & Scenic Law Center representa a la empresa también autora del test, NWEA The EPA was represented by Gus Maxwell, Sarah A. Buckley and Albert Lin of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division. Identified themselves as Ellen F. Rosenblum, Sadie Forzley, and Nina Englander of the Oregon Department of Justice (Oregon DEQ)
The key takeaway remains the tightrope walk between state environmental wishes and legal pollution control requirements, as dealt with in increment by untested readings of SCCs.
