Alaska Center For The Environment v. Browner

20 F.3d 981 38 ERC 1345 , 24 Envtl. L. Rep. 20 ,702 ALASKA CENTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT; Northern Alaska Environmental Center; Southeast Alaska Conservation Council; Trustees for Alaska, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Carol M. BROWNER, * Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency; EPA Region X; Dana A. Rasmussen, Regional Administrator, Defendants-Appellants. No. 92-36825. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 31, 1994. Decided March 30, 1994. John A. Bryson, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellants. Michael M. Wenig, Trustees for Alaska, Anchorage, AK, and Ronald Wilson, Columbia, MO, for plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before: GOODWIN, SCHROEDER, and NORRIS, Circuit Judges. SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge: 1 This is a citizen suit brought under the Clean Water Act ("CWA" or "Act") to compel the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") to implement the Act's provisions requiring the EPA to establish total maximum daily loads ("TMDLs") for Alaskan waters in order to achieve desired standards of water quality. Plaintiffs in this suit are four…