ELR Citation: ELR 20320
No(s). 7:01-CV-36-BOC(1) (E.D.N.C. Nov 8, 2001)

A court denies a landowner's motion to dismiss environmental groups' Clean Water Act (CWA) citizen suit against the landowner for ditch digging in wetlands and discharging to surrounding waters without the proper permits. The court first holds that the CWA §505(a) citizen suit provision is constitu...