ELR Citation: ELR 20650
No(s). 89-B-76 (D. Colo. Jan 19, 1990)

The court holds that Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) §313 waives the United States' sovereign immunity from civil penalties for FWPCA violations. Environmental groups, in a citizens' action for injunctive relief and civil penalties against the United States Department of the Interior (D...