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SACKETT v. EPA 

Opinion of the Court 

regulated parties into “voluntary compliance” without the 
opportunity for judicial review—even judicial review of the
question whether the regulated party is within the EPA’s
jurisdiction.  Compliance  orders  will  remain  an  effective 
means  of  securing  prompt  voluntary  compliance  in  those 
many cases where there is no substantial basis to question
their validity. 

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We  conclude  that  the  compliance  order  in  this  case  is 
final agency action for which there is no adequate remedy
other than APA review, and that the Clean Water Act does 
not  preclude  that  review.  We  therefore  reverse  the  judg­
ment  of  the  Court  of  Appeals  and  remand  the  case  for 
further proceedings consistent with this opinion. 

It is so ordered.