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42 U.S.C. § 300j–7Judicial review

submitted 82 years ago by Pub. L. 93-523 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 697 words · no verdicts yet

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People can appeal EPA drinking water rules to federal courts within 45 days. National standards go to the D.C. Circuit; other final EPA actions go to the affected person's home circuit. Variance and exemption disputes instead go to federal district court, also within 45 days.

(a) Review in the courts of appeals: A petition to review the EPA's action establishing a national primary drinking water regulation — including a maximum contaminant level goal — can only be filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. A petition to review any other final EPA action under this chapter must be filed in the circuit where the person challenging it lives or does business, and where the action directly affects them. Either kind of petition must be filed within 45 days of the regulation, final action, or determination — unless the petition is based only on grounds that came up after that 45-day window, in which case it can be filed later. Once review could have been sought this way, the action can't be challenged again in an enforcement lawsuit or a suit to block enforcement. For a petition challenging a civil penalty under section 300g–3(g)(3)(B), the person filing must send a copy of the complaint to the EPA and the Attorney General by certified mail. The court must set aside and send back the penalty order if the record doesn't have enough evidence to support finding a violation, or if the EPA's penalty amount was an abuse of discretion. (b) Review in the district courts: The federal district courts can review (1) an EPA or state decision to grant or refuse a variance or exemption under sections 300g–4 or 300g–5, and (2) the terms of a compliance schedule set for a variance or exemption, or the failure to set one. A petition to review a granted or refused variance or exemption must be filed within 45 days of the action being reviewed; a petition about a refusal, or about a missing schedule, must be filed within 45 days after the deadline for taking that action passed. Either type can be filed later if it's based only on grounds arising after that period. Once review could have been sought this way, the action can't be challenged again in an enforcement lawsuit or a suit to block enforcement. (c) Adding new evidence: In a court case reviewing a determination that was required to be made on the record after notice and a hearing, if a party asks the court for permission to add new evidence, and shows the court that the evidence matters and that there was good reason it wasn't offered earlier, the court can send the case back to the EPA to take that evidence (and any evidence responding to it), on whatever terms the court sets. The EPA may then change its factual findings, or make new ones, based on that evidence, and must file those findings — along with any recommendation to change or throw out its original decision — together with the additional evidence.
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(a) Courts of appeals; petition for review: actions respecting regulations; filing period; grounds arising after expiration of filing period; exclusiveness of remedy

A petition for review of—

(1)

actions pertaining to the establishment of national primary drinking water regulations (including maximum contaminant level goals) may be filed only in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit; and

(2)

any other final action of the Administrator under this chapter may be filed in the circuit in which the petitioner resides or transacts business which is directly affected by the action.

Any such petition shall be filed within the 45-day period beginning on the date of the promulgation of the regulation or any other final Agency action with respect to which review is sought or on the date of the determination with respect to which review is sought, and may be filed after the expiration of such 45-day period if the petition is based solely on grounds arising after the expiration of such period. Action of the Administrator with respect to which review could have been obtained under this subsection shall not be subject to judicial review in any civil or criminal proceeding for enforcement or in any civil action to enjoin enforcement. In any petition concerning the assessment of a civil penalty pursuant to section 300g–3(g)(3)(B) of this title, the petitioner shall simultaneously send a copy of the complaint by certified mail to the Administrator and the Attorney General. The court shall set aside and remand the penalty order if the court finds that there is not substantial evidence in the record to support the finding of a violation or that the assessment of the penalty by the Administrator constitutes an abuse of discretion.

(b) District courts; petition for review: actions respecting variances or exemptions; filing period; grounds arising after expiration of filing period; exclusiveness of remedy

The United States district courts shall have jurisdiction of actions brought to review (1) the granting of, or the refusing to grant, a variance or exemption under section 300g–4 or 300g–5 of this title or (2) the requirements of any schedule prescribed for a variance or exemption under such section or the failure to prescribe such a schedule. Such an action may only be brought upon a petition for review filed with the court within the 45-day period beginning on the date the action sought to be reviewed is taken or, in the case of a petition to review the refusal to grant a variance or exemption or the failure to prescribe a schedule, within the 45-day period beginning on the date action is required to be taken on the variance, exemption, or schedule, as the case may be. A petition for such review may be filed after the expiration of such period if the petition is based solely on grounds arising after the expiration of such period. Action with respect to which review could have been obtained under this subsection shall not be subject to judicial review in any civil or criminal proceeding for enforcement or in any civil action to enjoin enforcement.

(c) Judicial order for additional evidence before Administrator; modified or new findings; recommendation for modification or setting aside of original determination

In any judicial proceeding in which review is sought of a determination under this subchapter required to be made on the record after notice and opportunity for hearing, if any party applies to the court for leave to adduce additional evidence and shows to the satisfaction of the court that such additional evidence is material and that there were reasonable grounds for the failure to adduce such evidence in the proceeding before the Administrator, the court may order such additional evidence (and evidence in rebuttal thereof) to be taken before the Administrator, in such manner and upon such term and conditions as the court may deem proper. The Administrator may modify his findings as to the facts, or make new findings, by reason of the additional evidence so taken, and he shall file such modified or new findings, and his recommendation, if any, for the modification or setting aside of his original determination, with the return of such additional evidence.

Source credit: (July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIV, § 1448, as added Pub. L. 93–523, § 2(a), Dec. 16, 1974, 88 Stat. 1689; amended Pub. L. 99–339, title III, § 303, June 19, 1986, 100 Stat. 667; Pub. L. 104–182, title I, § 113(c), Aug. 6, 1996, 110 Stat. 1636.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1944Enacted · Pub. L. 93-523 · 88 Stat. 1689
  • 1986Amended · Pub. L. 99-339 · 100 Stat. 667
  • 1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-182 · 110 Stat. 1636

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 93-523 on 1944-07-01.

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