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- SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
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- No. 92-1911
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- PUD NO. 1 OF JEFFERSON COUNTY and CITY OF
- TACOMA, PETITIONERS v. WASHINGTON
- DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY et al.
- on writ of certiorari to the supreme court of
- washington
- [May 31, 1994]
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- Justice Stevens, concurring.
- While I agree fully with the thorough analysis in the
- Court's opinion, I add this comment for emphasis. For
- judges who find it unnecessary to go behind the statu-
- tory text to discern the intent of Congress, this is (or
- should be) an easy case. Not a single sentence, phrase,
- or word in the Clean Water Act purports to place any
- constraint on a State's power to regulate the quality of
- its own waters more stringently than federal law might
- require. In fact, the Act explicitly recognizes States'
- ability to impose stricter standards. See, e.g.,
- 301(b)(1)(C), 33 U. S. C. 1311(b)(1)(C).
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