Weekly Cases Update Volume 45, Issue 6

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Volume 45, Issue 11

Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards v. Red River Coal Co.
ELR 200752:14CV00024(W.D. Va., )

A district court granted summary judgment in favor of a coal company, thereby dismissing environmental groups' CWA claim that the company violated its NPDES permit.

Keywords:
National pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit program, 402, Total maximum daily loads (TMDLs), §303(d)
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay v. Hydro Kennebec, LLC
ELR 200741:11-cv-00035(D. Me., )

A district court, on remand from the First Circuit, dismissed environmental groups' CWA claim against the operators of four hydroelectric dams along the Kennebec River.

Keywords:
Water quality standards, §303
Maryland Dep't of the Environment v. Anacostia Riverkeeper
ELR 200772199(Md. Ct. Spec. App., )

A Maryland appellate court affirmed a lower court decision remanding a stormwater management permit that the state's environmental agency issued to a county.

Keywords:
State standards, §303(a)

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