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NPDES Noncompliance Triggers CWA Citizen‐suit Provisions
Author(s) -
Stiegler Mayo H.
Publication year - 2005
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.1551-8833.2005.tb10905.x
Subject(s) - clean water act , business , law , political science , public administration , biology , ecology , water quality
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has ruled that noncompliance with a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit constitutes a violation of the Clean Water Act (CWA), such that citizen‐suit provisions are triggered.