Case Name: Michigan PEAT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; United States of America; Regional Administrator of Region V of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-09-18
Citations: 19 F. App'x 344
Docket Number: No. 01-1154
Parties: Michigan PEAT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; United States of America; Regional Administrator of Region V of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Chief Judge; NELSON, Circuit Judge; and RICE, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 19
Pages: 344–345

Head Matter:
Michigan PEAT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; United States of America; Regional Administrator of Region V of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 01-1154.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
Sept. 18, 2001.
Before BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Chief Judge; NELSON, Circuit Judge; and RICE, District Judge.
The Honorable Walter Herbert Rice, Chief United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We explained the complicated factual, statutory, and procedural history of this case in Michigan Peat v. U.S. E.P.A., 175 F.3d 422 (6th Cir.1999) (Michigan Peat I). On remand from that decision, the district court granted summary judgment to the Environmental Protection Agency, concluding that the Agency's withdrawal of its objections to the draft permit was not a final and binding determination that 749 acres of wetlands owned by Michigan Peat are exempt from certain provisions of the Clean Water Act. The district court determined that the 749 acres currently are not exempt and that Michigan Peat does not hold a state license to mine peat. We have reviewed the reasoning of the district court and now AFFIRM.
. The Environmental Protection Agency also has instituted an enforcement action against Michigan Peat. On February 21, 2001, Michigan Peat filed an emergency motion to this Court requesting a stay in the enforcement action. We denied Michigan Peat's motion, and on May 11, the district court entered an interim order enjoining Michigan Peat from discharging any pollutant until the Army Corps of Engineers issues it a Section 404 permit.