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Issuance of NPDES Permits Renders CWA Citizen Lawsuits Moot
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2003.tb10465.x
Subject(s) - clean water act , agency (philosophy) , business , control (management) , law , false claims act , political science , public administration , management , sociology , economics , water quality , ecology , social science , biology , health care
The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has ruled that claims for civil penalties brought by environmental groups under the citizen suit provisions of the Clean Water Act (CWA) were rendered moot by the issuance of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA).