Opinion ID: 771892
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Nebraska II

Text: 4 In September 1999, Nebraska, now joined by the City of Grand Island, again sought a declaratory judgment, this time alleging that the Act is unconstitutional as applied to two public water facilities in Nebraska, the Lincoln Regional Center and the City of Grand Island, because it exceeds Congress's powers under the Commerce Clause and violates the non-delegation doctrine and the Tenth Amendment. On April 4, 2000, the district court granted Appellees' motion to dismiss, holding that 300j-7 requires suits pertaining to the establishment of national primary drinking water regulations to be filed within forty-five days of issuance of the regulations in the D.C. Circuit. The court stated: 5 Stripping the complaint of references to the EPA's implementing regulations does not change the result. A plaintiff bringing an 'as applied' challenge contends that the statute would be unconstitutional under the circumstances in which the plaintiff has acted or proposed to act. Because the [Act] is not self-implementing, Plaintiffs' 'as-applied' challenge necessarily implicates the EPA regulations or other final agency action. Plaintiffs cannot challenge only the constitutionality of the statutory scheme. (citations omitted). 6 Nebraska appeals the district court's April 4 decision.