Chesapeake Bay Found. v. Gwaltney of Smithfield, Ltd.

ELR Citation: ELR 20663
No(s). 84-0366-R (E.D. Va. Jun 26, 1985)

In a Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) citizen suit seeking civil penalties against defendant for violations of its national pollutant discharge elimination system permit, the court assesses a large civil penalty after ruling that an organization need not identify injured members to have s...