(United States Ninth Circuit) - In an action alleging that the County defendants were discharging polluted stormwater in violation of the terms of their National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit,issued pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (the Clean Water Act), 86 Stat. 816, and codified as amended at 33 U.
S.
C. sections 1251,the district court’s dismissal of plaintiffs' claims for injunctive relief as moot is reversed where: 1) the court has jurisdiction over this appeal pursuant to 28 U.
S.
C. section 1292(a)(1); and 2) the plaintiffs' claims for injunctive relief are not moot.
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