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Victories:

A Cleaner Future for the Anacostia River

A Victory for Environmental Justice

Issue:

Health & Communities

Region:

Office:

Audio:

Earthjustice Attorney Howard Fox on Anacostia River

Background:

Anacostia River TMDL Briefs

Anacostia River TMDL Briefs and Decision

Discharge Permit No. DC0000221 for the District of Columbia Municipal Separate Storm Water System (issued on August 17, 2004 by the United States Environmental Protection Agency)

Fact Sheet:

TMDL Program: Protecting Our Nation's Waterways

Feature:

Salve for River Sickness

Legal Document:

Anacostia Discharge Permit

Anacostia Pollution Complaint

Anacostia TMDL Ruling April 2006

Blue Plains Operating Permit Denial

Brief Amicus Curiae in Support of EPA and in Opposition to FoE (1 MB)

Cross-Motion, & Opposition to FoE's Motion, for Summary Judgment

Cross-Motion, & Opposition to FoE's Motion, for Summary Judgment

D.C. Water and Sewer Authority and Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies

Decision of District Court

DOJ Memo to EPA 03/1/2006

Environmental Protection Agency

EPA Brief in DC TMDL 2005 Appeal

Fact Sheet on National Pollution Discharge Elimination System

Friends of the Earth -- opening brief

Friends of the Earth -- reply brief

Intervenor Oral Argument Friends of the Earth v. EPA

Letter to Court for Friends of the Earth v. EPA

Motion for Summary Judgment (1.2 MB)

Opening Brief of Petitioner

Reply in Support of Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment

Reply in Support of Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment

Reply in Support, & Opposition to Cross-Motions, for Summary Judgment

Supplemental Brief for Federal Appellees

Supplimental Brief on Mootness

Surreply in Support, and Opposition to Cross-Motions, for Summary Judgment

Press Release:

Supreme Court Denies Petition Seeking Weaker Pollution Limits for Anacostia River (01/16/07)

Court Ruling Calls for Stronger Daily Pollution Limits into Anacostia River (04/25/06)

Court Filings Call for Stronger Limits to Control Pollution into Anacostia River (08/26/05)

Fight to Clean Up the Anacostia River Goes to Court (05/20/04)

Fight to Clean Up the Anacostia River Goes to Court (01/21/04)

Video:

Pollution in the Anacostia River

Cases

Anacostia Pollutant Discharges Challenged

In Brief: The Anacostia River in the nation's capital is badly polluted by raw sewage and stormwater. A lawsuit challenges inadequate pollution limits for the river.

Staff:

Clients:

Friends of the Earth

Updated: June 30, 2006

Case #03516

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