ELR Citation: ELR 20821
No(s). 80-1017 (M.D. Tenn. Mar 16, 1981)

The court upholds the constitutionality of §309(e) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA), which provides that a state shall be liable for civil penalities assessed against a municipality for violations of a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit or a dredge-and-fill per...