City of Arcadia v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

411 F.3d 1103 CITY OF ARCADIA; City of Baldwin Park; City of Bellflower; City of Cerritos; City of Commerce; City of Diamond Bar; City of Downey; City of Irwindale; City of Lawndale; City of Monrovia; City of Montebello; City of Monterey Park; City of Pico Rivera; City of Rosemead; City of San Gabriel; City of Sante Fe Springs; City of Sierra Madre; City of Signal Hill; City of South Pasadena; City of Vernon; City of West Covina; City of Whittier, a California Municipal Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; Christine Todd Whitman, USEPA Administrator; Wayne Nastri, USEPA Region IX Administrator, Defendants-Appellees, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.; Heal the Bay, Inc.; Santa Monica Baykeeper, Inc., Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees. No. 03-16309. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted February 10, 2005. Filed June 15, 2005. Richard Montevideo, Terence J. Gallagher, Rutan & Tucker, LLP, Costa Mesa, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants. John A. Bryson, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the defendants-appellees. David S. Beckman, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Santa Monica, CA, for…