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Special Report: The Miccosukee Case: Utilities Await Landmark Decision from Supreme Court
Author(s) -
Curtis Tom
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.tb10487.x
Subject(s) - clean water act , supreme court , tribe , landmark , federal court , law , business , political science , environmental planning , environmental science , geography , water quality , ecology , cartography , biology
This special report discusses the question of whether utilities should be required to obtain a Clean Water Act (CWA) permit for all diversions from one water body to another, even for such impoundments as run‐of‐the‐river dams. A case study is presented where Florida's Miccosukee Indian Tribe, dissatisfied with the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Planning process in which they participated, filed a citizen suit under the CWA, alleging that the S‐9 pumping facility is operating illegally because it lacks a National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit.