If the U.S. Supreme Court finds a preliminary Environmental Protection Agency administrative compliance order issued in a wetlands case under the Clean Water Act to be a "final agency action" subject to judicial review, then other preliminary actions taken under the law also could be open to legal challenge, a Pacific Legal Foundation attorney said at a Feb. 21 webinar. Damien Schiff, the foundation's attorney, said other preliminary agency actions under the Clean Water Act could be subject to judicial review based on how the Supreme Court resolves the question of whether a compliance order constitutes final agency action. In the case before the Supreme Court, an Idaho couple sought the right to challenge an EPA administrative compliance order under the Administrative Procedure Act because they termed it a "final agency action" (Sackett v. EPA, U.S., No. 10-1062, oral arguments 1/9/12; 43 ER 94, 1/13/12).
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机译：如果美国最高法院裁定，根据《清洁水法》在湿地案件中发布的环境保护署初步行政合规性命令属于“最终代理人诉讼”，需要接受司法审查，那么根据该法律采取的其他初步行动也可以向太平洋法律基金会律师在2月21日的网络研讨会上说，这是一场法律挑战。该基金会的律师达米安·希夫（Damien Schiff）表示，根据《最高水案》，其他根据《清洁水法》采取的其他初步机构行动可能会受到司法审查，具体取决于最高法院如何解决遵约令是否构成最终机构行动的问题。在最高法院审理的一案中，爱达荷州一对夫妇寻求根据《行政诉讼法》质疑EPA行政合规令的权利，因为他们将其称为“最终代理诉讼”（Sackett诉EPA，美国，第10-1062号，口头辩论1/9/12; 43 ER 94，1/13/12）。
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