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Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida
v. United States

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Case No. 95-533

Appeals
11th Circuit, 95-5080

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Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida (the Tribe), filed a complaint under the citizen suit provision of the Clean Water Act (CWA), 33 U.S.C. § 1365(a), against the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Administrator of the EPA (the Administrator), and other agency officials. The Tribe alleged that the Administrator failed to comply with its duties under the CWA and to find Florida's water quality standards violated the antidegradation requirements of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. § 1313(d)(4)(B). The district court, finding the Administrator had no mandatory duty to act, dismissed the Tribe's complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

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