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<br />Page 1 <br />504 F.3d 1007, 65 ERC 1289,07 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 11,947, 2007 Daily Journal D.A.R. 15,420 <br />(Cite as: 504 Fad 1007) <br />P <br />United States Court of Appeals, <br />Ninth Circuit. <br />FRIENDS OF PINTO CREEK; Grand Canyon <br />Chapter of the Sierra Club, Maricopa Audubon So- <br />ciety and Citizens for the Preservation of Powers <br />Gulch and Pinto Creek, Petitioners, <br />Carlota Copper Company, Intervenor, <br />V. <br />UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTEC- <br />TION AGENCY, Environmental Appeals Board; <br />Stephen L. Johnson, Acting Administrator, United <br />States Environmental Protection Agency, Respon- <br />dents. <br />No. 05-70785. <br />Argued and Submitted Nov. 13, 2006. <br />Filed Oct. 4, 2007. <br />Background: Environmental groups filed petition for <br />review of order of Environmental Protection Agency <br />(EPA) granting copper mining company's application <br />for National Pollution Discharge Elimination System <br />(NPDES) permit under Clean Water Act (CWA). <br />Holdings: The Court of Appeals, Hug, Circuit Judge, <br />held that: <br />company was not entitled to NPDES permit, and <br />groups' claim that copper discharge from diversion <br />channels and cutoff walls had to be considered was <br />timely raised. <br />Permit vacated and remanded. <br />West Headnotes <br />on company partially remediating discharge from <br />another mine, where creek was already impaired by <br />excess of copper pollutant, permit allowed company to <br />discharge additional amounts of dissolved copper into <br />creek, and there was no indication of any compliance <br />schedule that would bring creek within water quality <br />standards. Clean Water Act, § 101(a), 33 U.S.C.A. & <br />1251 a ; 40 C.F.R. $ 122.4 (2000). <br />f21 Environmental Law 149E 0=222 <br />149E Environmental Law <br />149EV Water Pollution <br />149Ek215 Administrative Agencies and Pro- <br />ceedings <br />149Ek222 k. Administrative Review of <br />Administrative Decisions. Most Cited Cases <br />Environmental groups' claim that copper discharge <br />from diversion channels and cutoff walls to be built in <br />connection with proposed new copper mine had to be <br />considered in determining whether to issue National <br />Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) <br />permit under Clean Water Act (CWA) was timely <br />raised and should not have been deemed forfeited, but <br />it should have been considered by Environmental <br />Protection Agency's (EPA) Appeals Board, even <br />though groups did not raise additional sources in first <br />comment period for permit, where total maximum <br />daily load (TMDL) for copper discharges had not been <br />established before end of initial comment period, and <br />groups raised claims during comment period after <br />TMDL was performed. Clean Water Act, § 402, 33 <br />U.S.C.A. § 1342; 40 C.F.R. & 122.4(1)(2) (2000). <br />*1008 Roger Flvnn, Westem Mining Action Project, <br />Lyons, CO, for the petitioners. <br />M Environmental Law 149E X196 <br />149E Environmental Law <br />149EV Water Pollution <br />149Ek194 Permits and Certifications <br />149Ekl96 k. Discharge of Pollutants. Most <br />Cited Cases <br />Mining company was not entitled to National Pollu- <br />tion Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit <br />under Clean Water Act (CWA) in connection with <br />new copper mine, even though permit was conditioned <br />D. Judith Keith, United States Department of Justice, <br />Environmental Defense Section, Washington, DC; <br />John S. Most, United States Department of Justice, <br />Natural Resources Section, Washington, DC, for the <br />respondents. <br />Amv R. Porter, Lewis and Roca LLP, Phoenix, AZ, <br />for the intervenor. <br />On Petition for Review of an Order of the Environ- <br />mental Protection Agency. <br />© 2010 Thomson Reuters. No Claim to Orig. US Gov. Works.