Title: Blue Ridge Envtl. Defense League v. Commonwealth
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 101476
State: Virginia
Issuer: Virginia Supreme Court
Date: January 13, 2012

Present:  Kinser, C.J., Lemons, and Millette, JJ., and Carrico, 
Russell, Lacy, and Koontz, S.JJ. 
 
BLUE RIDGE ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE  
LEAGUE, INC., ET AL. 
 
v.  Record No. 101476 
 
 
 
 
PER CURIAM 
 
January 13, 2012 
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, EX REL. 
VIRGINIA STATE WATER CONTROL  
BOARD, ET AL. 
 
FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA 
 
We granted the petition for appeal in this case to 
determine whether the Court of Appeals erred in reversing a 
circuit court's judgment and applying the arbitrary and 
capricious standard of review to the State Water Control Board's 
(Board) decision to reissue a Virginia Pollutant Discharge 
Elimination System permit to Virginia Electric and Power Company 
for its North Lake Anna Nuclear Power Station (the Station).  We 
also determine whether the Court of Appeals erred in reversing 
the circuit court and affirming the Board's determination that 
the discharge of heated water from the Station into a waste heat 
treatment facility, classified as a "waste treatment facility" 
under state and federal regulations, does not require a separate 
discharge permit. 
We have considered all the issues raised in the assignments 
of error and for the reasons stated in the opinion of the Court 
of Appeals in Commonwealth v. Blue Ridge Environmental Defense 
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League, Inc., 56 Va. App. 469, 694 S.E.2d 290 (2010), we will 
affirm its judgment. 
Affirmed.