ELR Citation: ELR 20685
No(s). 83-0470 S (D.R.I. May 17, 1984)

The court rules that Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) citizen enforcement suits are limited to actions to enjoin ongoing violations and actions for civil penalties, which must be paid to the government. Upholding for the most part the legal conclusions of a magistrate, the court first rul...