EASTERN WATER NEWS
U.S. Supreme Court Hears Two Clean Water Act Cases3
News From the West5
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
EPA Passes Rule Exempting Stormwater Discharges from Logging Roads from Clean Water Act NPDES Permitting Requirements8
NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service Announces Listing Protection under the ESA for Two Species of Arctic Seals9
Group Petitions U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeking Downlisting of the West Indian Manatee11
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties and Sanctions13
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Federal:
Eleventh Circuit Finds District Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Enjoin a State Water Contract Dispute16
Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Fund, Inc. v. City of Atlanta, ___F.3d___, Case Nos. 10-10711, 10-10718 (11th Cir. Nov. 19, 2012).
District Court Finds City’s Pre-Suit Settlement with State Agency Does Not Bar Subsequent Clean Water Act Citizen Suit19
Gulf Restoration Network v. City of Hattiesburg, ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. 2:12-CV-36-KS-MTP (S.D. Miss. Nov. 6, 2012).
District Court Denies Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment against Defendants on the Basis of ‘Contributing’ to a 550-Gallon Fuel Oil Spill under RCRA21
National Exchange Bank and Trust v. Petro-Chemical Systems, Inc., ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. 11-CV-134 (E.D. Wisc., Dec. 3, 2012).
District Court Rejects Manufacturer’s Claim that Insurance Policies Covering Past Dumping of Hazardous Substances, Gave Rise to Duty to Defend23
Ross Development Corp. v. Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co., ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. 2:08-3672-MBS (D. S.C. Nov. 15, 2012).
District Court Denies Request Compelling Discovery of CERCLA Litigant’s Finances While Permitting Discovery of Insurance Information26
Shulman v. Chromatex, Inc., ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. 3:CV-08-0229 (M.D. Penn. Nov. 13, 2012).
District Court Upholds Superfund Clean Up Plan—Finds Defendants Liable Even if Their Contribution Alone Would Not Have Incurred a Response
Action28
U.S. v. NCR Corp., ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. 10-C-910 (E.D. Wisc. Nov 21, 2012); U.S. v. NCR Corp., ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. 10-C-910 (E.D. Wisc. Nov 23, 2012).
