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''Entergy v. Riverkeeper'', 556 U.S. ___ (2009), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court reviewed the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) interpretation of the Clean Water Act regulations with regard to cooling water intakes for power plants. Existing facilities are mandated to use the "Best Technology Available" to "minimize the adverse environmental impact."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Court case document )〕 The importance of this case is whether the agency may use a cost–benefit analysis (CBA) in choosing the Best Technology Available also known in the industry as Best Available Technology or (BAT) to meet the National performance standards (NPS). Reversing a lower court opinion, in a 5 - 1 - 3 ruling the court decided to uphold EPA's decision as reasonable to allow CBA when determining BAT to maintain national environmental standards.〔 ==Parties== Petitioner: Entergy Corporation is an energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail electric distribution operations. Entergy owns and operates both nuclear and fossil fuel power plants generating an aggregated 30,000 megawatts of electrical capacity. Indian Point Energy Center is a subsidiary of Entergy Corporation operating a three-unit nuclear power plant in Buchanan, New York, the facility at issue in this case.〔http://www.entergy.com〕 Respondent: Riverkeeper is a member-supported environmental protection organization dedicated to defending the Hudson River and its tributaries for New York City and Hudson Valley residents. Over the past four decades Riverkeeper has been successful as the public's watchdog in bringing hundreds of pollution violations to justice and protecting drinking water for local communities. Riverkeeper has an ongoing interest in replacing Indian Point nuclear power plant with renewable energy.〔http://www.riverkeeper.org/about-us/our-story/〕 This case is a consolidation of three cases for review by the Supreme Court ''Entergy Corporation v. Riverkeeper, Inc., et al.'' ''PSEG Fossil LLC, et al., v. Riverkeeper, Inc., et al.'' ''Utility Water Act Group, v. Riverkeeper, Inc., et al.'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper Inc.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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