ELR Citation: ELR 21223
No(s). 88-1101-B (IEG) (S.D. Cal. Mar 28, 1991)

The court holds that San Diego has been in almost continuous violation of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) since that law was enacted in 1972, and imposes a civil penalty of $3 million against the city. The court first refuses to defer consideration of the proposed consent decree to a...