Regan

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 20 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

OUR CHILDREN'S EARTH No. 24-3735 FOUNDATION; ECOLOGICAL RIGHTS D.C. No. FOUNDATION, 3:24-cv-00286-RS Plaintiffs - Appellants,

MEMORANDUM*

v.

MICHAEL S. REGAN, Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency; MARTHA GUZMAN ACEVES, Regional Administrator of Region 9 of U.S.; UNITED STATES

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Richard Seeborg, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 6, 2025 San Francisco, California

Before: WARDLAW, PAEZ, and LEE, Circuit Judges.

The Clean Water Act (CWA) authorizes citizens to sue to enforce the statute.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. See 33 U.S.C. § 1365(a). But the statute also aims to avoid burdening the federal

courts with unnecessary…