DOJ Cuts CWA Enforcement Deal After EPA Drops Administrative Case

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and a pair of landowners have signed a proposed consent decree resolving alleged Clean Water Act (CWA) violations at their Nebraska property, after the pair last year successfully sued EPA to drop an administrative proceeding over the same allegations by charging that such actions are unconstitutional and require a jury trial. DOJ April 10 notified the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado that it is lodging a proposed consent decree to resolve its...