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Citizen Suits and Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans

Environmental Crimes

Enforcement by the USEPA is down by just about any metric measuring the enforcement of environmental laws. This has left an enforcement void.  But that void is being partially filled.  Environmental groups and enterprising plaintiffs’ firms are now using the citizen suit provisions of the Clean Water Act as a business model. And it seems that California is leading the way.  Numerous sixty-day notices have been served on businesses.  In one instance, the requested damages