ELR Citation: ELR 20045
No(s). 72 C 1253 (N.D. Ill. Nov 1, 1973)

The Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 do not preempt the state of Illinois' federal common-law right to seek abatement of a nuisance in the form of raw sewage discharged into Lake Michigan. Nor do water pollution control regulations promulgated by EPA constitute such a preemptio...