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Aug.24.2016 CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Fifth Circuit Rejects District Court Rulings for Defendant in Clean Air Act Citizen Suit and Draws New Lines on “Ongoing” Violations and Civil Penalty Factors
Mar.18.2015 CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: District Court Rejects Wildlife-Related Challenges to a Section 404 Permit in Wind Farm Dispute
Dec.23.2014 CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Prevailing Defendants Forego $6.4 Million Attorney’s Fees Award In Broad Clean Air Act Citizen Suit Settlement
Sep.23.2014 CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Ninth Circuit Precludes RCRA Citizen Suit Challenges to Diesel Emissions
Mar.05.2014 Citizen Suit Watch Update: Ninth Circuit Denies Rehearing in Washington Environmental Council v. Bellon
Dec.23.2013 Citizen Suit Watch: Buyer Beware: Purchasing Property That Has Once Been Mined Could Cost You A Clean Water Act Citizen Suit
Dec.19.2013 Citizen Suit Watch: Eleventh Circuit Rejects Novel Clean Water Act Citizen Suit on Notice Grounds
Nov.06.2013 Citizen Suit Watch: Ninth Circuit Rejects Suit Demanding Greenhouse Gas Regulations Based on Lack of Standing (But Rehearing May Be Next)
Jul.24.2013 Citizen Suit Watch: District Court Allows RCRA Endangerment Suit to Proceed Against Farms That Apply Manure to Fields
Jun.12.2013 Citizen Suit Watch: Ninth Circuit Rejects 'Sue and Settle' Consent Decree
Apr.26.2013 Citizen Suit Watch – Stormwater Report: Supreme Court Holds That Stormwater Discharges From Logging Roads Do Not Require Clean Water Act Permits; Federal District Court Rejects a Similar Stormwater Citizen Suit Against A Utility
Apr.04.2013 Coal Loading Facility and Railroad Win Federal Court Endorsement of Clean Water Act's "Permit Shield" Defense and Refusal to Expand Clean Water Act to Wind-Borne Dust
Mar.05.2013 "Big Brown" Citizen Suit Survives Motion to Dismiss
Jan.24.2013 Federal Court Dismisses Surface Coal Mining Citizen Suit
Jan.09.2013 CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Federal District Court Grants Victory to Farmer and Poultry Integrator After Bench Trial in Clean Water Act Citizen Suit
Oct.12.2012 CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Federal District Court Opens the Door to Clean Water Act Regulation of Agricultural Tile Drainage Systems
Sep.24.2012 CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Federal Court Rejects Citizen Suit Against EPA for Alleged Role in RINs Fraud
Jul.26.2012 CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Court Rejects RCRA Citizen Suit Over Diesel Emissions at Railyards
Jun.26.2012 CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Sixth Circuit Holds That Citizen Plaintiffs Cannot Sue State Officials For Failing To Enforce Federal Clean Air Act Regulations
Jun.25.2012 CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Review Ninth Circuit Decision Requiring Clean Water Act Permits for Forest Roads
Jun.05.2012 CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Fifth Circuit Precludes Clean Water Act Citizen Suits To Enforce Section 404 Permit Conditions
May.11.2012 CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Fifth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Citizen Suit Based on Pre-Existing Consent Decree
Mar.27.2012 Citizen Suit Watch: Federal Court Demands EPA Review of Nonpoint Source Regulations As Part of Water Quality Standard Review
Feb.21.2012 CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Supreme Court of Illinois Rejects Attack on Mining Permit Reclamation Plan
Nov.09.2011 CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Tenth Circuit Rejects Article III Standing For Local District Attorney in Multi-Party Clean Water Act Citizen Suit
Oct.25.2011 CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Third Circuit Reverses Lower Court's Dismissal of Citizen Suit on Abstention Grounds
Sep.28.2011 CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Court Invalidates Arizona Legislation That Eliminated Funding Mechanism For A Clean Air Act State Implementation Plan
Aug.08.2011 CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Second Circuit Demands Listing of Specific Contaminants to Satisfy Notice Requirements for RCRA Citizen Suits
Jul.15.2011 CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Tenth Circuit Adopts Broad View of Issue Preclusion and Parens Patriae in Affirming Dismissal of Clean Air Act Citizen Suit
Jul.14.2011 CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Court Dismisses a Master Complaint in the Deepwater Horizon Multi-District Litigation
Jul.01.2011 CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: District Court to Enjoin Use of Pesticide Pending Completion of Endangered Species Act Consultation
Jun.24.2011 CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Ninth Circuit Rejects CERCLA Citizen Suit Jurisdiction Over Pursuit of UAO Penalties
Jun.10.2011 CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Recent District Court Decisions Illustrate Reach of Diligent Prosecution Defense For Post-Consent Decree Citizen Suits
May.31.2011 CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: Ninth Circuit Asserts Citizen Suit Jurisdiction Over Challenge To Longstanding Regulation And Reaffirms Clean Water Act Permitting Requirements For Forest Roads
May.16.2011 CITIZEN SUIT WATCH: State Enforcement Does Not Bar RCRA Citizen Suit, As Seventh Circuit Narrowly Construes Federal Abstention