Hudson River Fishermen's Ass'n v. New York, City of

ELR Citation: ELR 20467
No(s). 89 Civ. 2287 (S.D.N.Y. Nov 8, 1990)

The court holds that New York City violated §301 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) by discharging chlorine and alum floc without a national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit into a branch reservoir of one of the city's main water supply systems. The city used th...