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Clean Water Act Citizen Suits Hawaii Wildlife Fund v County of Maui

The Clean Water Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1972 to reduce levels of toxic substances in the nation's water supply and to prevent high levels of new contamination.  The CWA seeks to... more +
The Clean Water Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1972 to reduce levels of toxic substances in the nation's water supply and to prevent high levels of new contamination.  The CWA seeks to accomplish its stated goals by preventing point and nonpoint pollution sources, assisting wastewater treatment facilities and maintaining wetlands. less -
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Citizen Suit Enforcement/Clean Water Act: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Whether Pond Leakage Constitutes a Direct Discharge

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Ninth Circuit”) addressed in a recent opinion whether a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDES”) permit should have been obtained by...more

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Another PFAS Clean Water Act Citizen Suit and there may be thousands more of these fish in the barrel.

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Lara Beaven of Inside PFAS Policy is reporting on another PFAS citizen suit under the Federal Clean Water Act. This one, by Tennessee Riverkeeper, alleges that PFAS are being discharged from a former Lebanon, Tennessee...more

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The Maui in the Mountains Case is Over . . . For Now

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This week a Federal Judge in Montana threw out a NGO's citizen suit against the Yellowstone Mountain Club for what the NGO claimed were unpermitted discharges of nitrogen to a Water of the United States. I wrote about this...more

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Coal Pile Drainage/Citizen Suit Enforcement: Court Approves Consent Decree Between Environmental Organizations and Alabama Mine...

The Southern Environmental Law Center and two other environmental organizations issued an August 11th news release stating that a United States District Court Judge in Birmingham, Alabama, granted a request to approve a...more

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Is a NPDES Permit Needed for Groundwater Discharge? It Depends

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On April 23, the U.S. Supreme Court finally answered the question that has plagued environmental attorneys for years with its decision in County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund (Slip Op 18-260, April 23, 2020): whether point...more

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