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Clean Water Act RCRA Citizen Suits

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 Action/Clean Water Act/RCRA: Federal Court Addresses Jurisdictional Issues

The United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (“Court”) in a March 6th Opinion addressed an issue arising out of a citizen suit action filed under the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251-1389 (“CWA”)...more

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Citizen Suit Enforcement/Clean Water Act: Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Inc. Notice of Intent to Sue Birmingham, Alabama, Foundry...

The Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Inc., and the Greater-Birmingham Alliance to Stop Pollution (collectively, “Riverkeeper”) sent a July 14th Notice of Intent (“NOI”) to file a...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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Petroleum Storage Tank Terminal/Federal Citizen Suit Action: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Doctrine of Primary Jurisdiction

The Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit (“Court of Appeals”) addressed an issue arising out of a Clean Water Act (“CWA”) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) citizen suit action. See Conservation Law...more

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RCRA/Clean Water Act Citizen Suit Action: Federal Court Addresses Procedural Motion Filed by South Carolina Plastic-Pellet...

A United States District Court (D. South Carolina) (“Court”) addressed in a September 21st Order a procedural motion (judgment on the pleadings) filed by a plastic-pellet packager related to alleged federal environmental...more

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Resource Conservation and Recovery Act/Clean Water Act Citizen Suit Action: Southern Environmental Law Center Alleges Violations...

The Southern Environmental Law Center (“SELC”) filed a March 19th Complaint for Declaratory Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) against Frontier Logistics, L.P., (“Frontier”) alleging violations of the Resource Conservation and...more

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The Emergence of PFAS Related Lawsuits Against Wastewater Treatment Plants

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On behalf of Haw River Assembly, the Southern Environmental Law Center recently served a Notice of Intent to Sue (“Notice”) on the City of Burlington, North Carolina.  Copies of the Notice were delivered to EPA and the North...more

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Twenty Years of Waterkeeper Alliance: How the Waterkeeper Movement Shaped and Was Shaped by U.S. Environmental Law

In the late 1980s, when I was an associate at the environmental boutique law firm of Berle, Kass, and Case in New York City, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and John Cronin came to visit the firm to discuss a new project they had...more

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