SANITARY BD. OF CITY OF CHARLESTON, WV v. WHEELER

No. 18-1592.

918 F.3d 324 (2019)

SANITARY BOARD OF the CITY OF CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Andrew WHEELER, Acting Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency; United States Environmental Protection Agency, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 12, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Frank Paul Calamita, III , AQUALAW PLC, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. Jeffrey Steven Beelaert , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Justin W. Curtis , Paul T. Nyffeler , AQUALAW PLC, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. Jeffrey H. Wood , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Eric Grant , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Sarah A. Buckley , Chloe H. Kolman , Michael Gray , Environment and Natural Resources Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C.; Thomas Glazer , Nina Rivera , Office of General Counsel, UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Wilkinson wrote the opinion, in which Judge Diaz and Judge Floyd joined.


The Clean Water Act vests the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with the authority to review the water quality standards proposed by a state. In 2015, West Virginia submitted a revised standard for the receiving waters of the Charleston Sanitary Board's wastewater treatment facility along the Kanawha...

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