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ENTERGY CORP. v. RIVERKEEPER, INC. 

Opinion of the Court 
Appendix to opinion of the Court 

Statutory
Standard 

Statutorily Mandated
Factors 

“[T]he Administrator shall 
take into consideration the 
cost of achieving such effluent 
reduction, and any non-water 
quality environmental impact
and energy requirements.”  33 
U. S. C. §1316(b)(1)(B). 

BADT: 

“[A] standard for the 
control of the discharge 
of pollutants which 
reflects the greatest 
degree of effluent 
reduction with the 
Administrator deter-
mines to be achievable 
through application of 
the best available 
demonstrated control 
technology.”  33 U. S. C. 
§1316(a)(1) (emphasis 
added). 

BTA: 

N/A 

“Any standard . . . 
applicable to a point 
source shall require 
that the location, 
design, construction, 
and capacity of cooling 
water intake structures 
reflect the best technol-
ogy available for 
minimizing adverse 
environmental impact.” 
33 U. S. C. §1326(b). 

Entities 
Subject to
Regulation 

New point 
sources within 
the categories of 
sources identi-
fied by the EPA 
under 33 
U. S. C. 
§1316(b)(1)(A). 

Point sources 
that operate
cooling water 
intake struc-
tures.