# APPENDIX A Case 1:04-cv-21448-ASG Document 585-1 Entered on FLSD Docket 04/26/2011 Page 1 of 4TABL E OF CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................. 1

II. MOTIONS ADDRESSED IN THIS O RDER.......................................................... 4

III. SUMMARY OF ACTIONS TA KEN BY THIS ORDER........................................... 5

IV. FACTUAL BAC KGROUND................................................................................... 7

A. Parties............................................................................................................. 7

B. Clean Wate r Act.............................................................................................. 8

C. Current factual circumst ances......................................................................... 8

V. PROCEDURAL HISTORY.................................................................................... 9

A. US v. SFWMD , Case No. 88-1886................................................................ 10

1. 1992 Consent Decree .............................................................................. 11

2. Everglades Fo rever Ac t ........................................................................... 12

3. Amended Everglades Forever Act ........................................................... 13

4. The Phosphor ous Ru le ............................................................................ 14

B. 2009 Determi nation....................................................................................... 14

VI. RECENT PROCEDUR AL BACKG ROUND ........................................................ 17

A. April 14, 20 10 Order ...................................................................................... 17

B. Rule 60(b) Motion.......................................................................................... 18

C. Amended Determi nation ............................................................................... 18

D. December 17, 2010 hearin g .......................................................................... 20

E. Rule 60(b) Motion in US v. SFWMD , Case No . 88-1886 ............................... 20

1. Special Master 's Repor t........................................................................... 21

2. Hearing before Judge Moreno & Or der on Rule 60(b)(5) Motion............. 22

VII. EPA RESPONSE TO FIRST SUA SPONTE ORDER ........................................ 24

VIII. PERMITTING BAC KGROUND ........................................................................... 26

A. Permit proc edures......................................................................................... 27

B. State-issued permits ..................................................................................... 28

C. EPA-issued permits....................................................................................... 29

i Case 1:04-cv-21448-ASG Document 585-1 Entered on FLSD Docket 04/26/2011 Page 2 of 4D. Variance and immediate commenc ement of enforcement against

FDEP

............................................................................................................ 29

IX. JURISDIC TION .................................................................................................. 30

X. LEGAL STAN DARD ........................................................................................... 31

XI. PARTIES' POSITIONS ON RULE 60(B) MOTION ............................................. 32

A. The EPA ........................................................................................................ 32

B. Miccosukee Tribe .......................................................................................... 33

C. Friends .......................................................................................................... 34

D. FDEP ............................................................................................................ 34

E. New Ho pe ..................................................................................................... 34

XII. ANALYSI S.......................................................................................................... 35

A. The EPA's co mmitment................................................................................. 35

B. Whether the Amended Determi nation is m andatory...................................... 37

C. Necessity of imm ediate ac tion....................................................................... 38

D. Effect of March 23, 2011 Or der in Case No. 88- 1886 ................................... 42

E. Amended Determi nation ............................................................................... 44

1. Water quality standard ............................................................................. 46

2. Discharge limit – water quality based effluent limitation ("WQBEL")........ 47

F. Permitting aut hority ....................................................................................... 50

G. Failure to comply with April 14, 20 10 Order

.................................................. 54

1. Conform existing permits by November 2, 2010 ...................................... 55

2. Amend Phosphorus Rule by January 1, 2011 .......................................... 56

H. Rule 60(b) Motion.......................................................................................... 57

1. Partial withdrawal of NPDES permitting program with a new injunctive provision that would apply after existing permits have
been confo rmed....................................................................................... 57

2. Modify Findings of Fact "that appear to equate the 10 ppb water quality criterion for phosphorus in the Everglades with WQBELs"........... 58

3. Modify Attachments B and C "to mo re closely track the 2008 Order Granting Summary Judgment and the April 14 Order"............................. 59

I. Motion for Entry of an Order Decl aring Permits Nu ll And Vo id...................... 60

ii Case 1:04-cv-21448-ASG Document 585-1 Entered on FLSD Docket 04/26/2011 Page 3 of 4iii J. Motion to Add SFWM D as a Pa rty ................................................................ 63

1. SFWMD's response to Amended Determi nation...................................... 63

2. Applicable law.......................................................................................... 65

3. Analys is ................................................................................................... 65

K. Motion for Clarification of Complianc e Order................................................. 67

L. Motion to Strike ............................................................................................. 71

XIII. CONCLUSION.................................................................................................... 72 Case 1:04-cv-21448-ASG Document 585-1 Entered on FLSD Docket 04/26/2011 Page 4 of 4