ELR Citation: ELR 21195
No(s). 90-1183 (10th Cir. Apr 30, 1991)

The court rules that Congress waived the federal government's sovereign immunity to civil penalties for violations of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA), and as a matter of first impression, the court holds that federal agencies may be liable for civil penalties under the FWPCA's citize...