EASTERN WATER NEWS
News From the West151
FLOOD CONTROL DEVELOPMENTS
Flood Control Management and Liability Update154
PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS
Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties and Sanctions156
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
EPA Issues Guidance to Identify Waters Protected by Clean Water
Act159
EPA Proposes New General Permit for Stormwater Discharges from Construction Activity161
JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS
U.S. Supreme Court:
U.S. Supreme Court Delivers Blow to Montana Claims under the Yellowstone River Compact164
State of Montana v State of Wyoming, ___ US___, 131 S.Ct. 1765, Case No. 137 Original (U.S. May 2, 2011).
Circuit Court of Appeals:
Alcoa Power Generating Hits Snag—D.C. Circuit Finds Clean Water Act
401 Certification Timely in North Carolina’s Yadkin River Project166
Alcoa Power Generating, Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, ___F.3d___, Case No. 10-1066 (D.C. Cir. May 3, 2011).
Eighth Circuit Holds CERCLA 113(F) Is Exclusive Remedy for Recovery of Response Costs Incurred Pursuant to Approved Settlement169
Morrison Enterprises, LLC v. Dravo Corp., ___F.3d___, Case No. 10-1468 (8th Cir. Apr. 5, 2011).
District Court:
District Court Holds Army Corps’ Planning Decisions Unfit for Review under the Clean Water Act’s Citizen-Suit Provision171
Holy Cross Neighborhood Association v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. 03-370 (E.D. La. Mar. 29, 2011).
Fifth Attempt to Stop Wal-Mart Construction Project in New York under Water Quality Theories Is Not the Charm173
Kern v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. 10-CV-827A (W.D. N.Y. Apr. 8, 2011).
District Court Strictly Enforces 60-Day Notice Prior to Filing Suit under CERCLA, RCRA, and the
CWA175
LM Nursing Service, Inc. v. Ferriera, ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. 09-cv-43-SJM-DLM (D. R.I. Mar. 30, 2011).
District Court Finds Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands Had ‘Feasible Alternatives’ to Discharging Raw Sewage into Territorial Waters176
U.S. v. Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands, ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. 1984-104 (D. V.I. Mar. 31, 2011).
