Consent Decrees, Citizen Suits, Clean Water Act

PFAS/Clean Water Act Citizen Suit Enforcement: Coosa River Basin Initiative and Georgia Municipality Enter into Consent Decree

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 8/15/2024

The Coosa River Basin Initiative (“Initiative”) and City of Calhoun, Georgia (“Calhoun”) entered into a Consent Decree (“CD”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act. See Civil Action No. 4:24-cv-00068-WMR. ...more

Citizen Suit Action/Clean Water Act: Black Warrior Riverkeeper and Tuscaloosa, Alabama Coal Mine Operator Enter into Consent...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 8/13/2024

Black Water Riverkeeper (“Riverkeeper”) and Warrior Met Coal Mining, LLC (“WMC”) entered into a July 29th Consent Decree (“CD”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act. See Case No. 7:22-cv-01178-LSC. The CD...more

Citizen Suit Enforcement/Clean Water Act: Columbia Riverkeeper and Port of Vancouver U.S.A. Enter into Consent Decree

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 9/21/2023

Columbia Riverkeeper and the Port of Vancouver U.S.A. (collectively, “Port”) entered into a Consent Decree (“CD”) on September 12th to address alleged violations of the Clean Water Act. The Washington State port district...more

Citizen Suit Enforcement/Clean Water Act: Conservation Law Foundation and New Hampshire Fish and Game Department Enter into...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 9/12/2022

The Conservation Law Foundation (“CLF”) and New Hampshire Fish and Game Department (“Fish and Game”) entered into a September 8th Consent Decree (“CD”) addressing alleged violations of the Clean Water Act. See Civil No....more

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

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 8/19/2022

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

Plastic Pellets/Clean Water Act Consent Decree: Federal Appellate Court Interprets Payment/Reporting Provisions

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 5/7/2021

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (“Fifth Circuit”) in an April 30th Opinion addressed an issue regarding the terms of a Clean Water Act Consent Decree. See San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper, et al....more