Clean Water SoCal v. U.S. EPA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ----oo0oo---- 11 CLEAN WATER SOCAL and CENTRAL No. 2:23-cv-01149 WBS JDP

VALLEY CLEAN WATER ASSOCIATION,

13 Plaintiffs, MEMORANDUM AND ORDER RE: v. PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY; and TOMAS

TORRES, DIRECTOR, WATER DIVISION

of UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION AGENCY, REGION IX,

18 Defendants.

----oo0oo---- Plaintiffs Clean Water SoCal and Central Valley Clean Water Association (collectively “plaintiffs”) are trade associations with member agencies that own and operate wastewater treatment plants and water reclamation plants. (See Compl. ¶ 11 (Docket No. 1).) Plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief against defendants United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the EPA’s Director of the Water Division for Region IX, Tomas Torres (collectively…