American Farm Bureau Federation, et al. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency, et al., No. 1:11-CV-0067, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 131075 (M.D. Pa. Sept. 13, 2013)

(court (opinion by Carter-appointed judge on senior status) determined that defendant’s rules establishing pollution limits (TMDL rules) on Chesapeake Bay are within defendant’s regulatory authority and based on sound science, and that plaintiff’s had sufficient time to comment on rules; court held that TMDL rules exemplify cooperative federalism between defendant and states and that defendant had power to issue TMDLs when states failed to do so and that implementation of TMDLs was joint responsibility of states and defendant; 45-day comment period sufficient).