California Sportfishing Protection Alliance v. Chico Scrap Metal, LLC

ELR Citation: 43 ELR 20161
No(s). 11-16959 (9th Cir. Jul 22, 2013)

The Ninth Circuit reversed a lower court decision dismissing a conservation group's CWA citizen suit alleging that a scrap metal company violated California's general NPDES permit for industrial stormwater at three of its scrap recycling facilities. The lower court dismissed the case, holding that C...