ELR Citation: ELR 20713
No(s). 87-905-MA (D. Or. Jan 6, 1989)

The court holds that the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) prohibits a consent decree between an environmental group and a corporate defendant in which the corporation agrees to pay $45,000 to environmental groups. The consent decree, entered to settle an FWPCA §505 citizen suit, would ha...