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Eastern Water Law & Policy Reporter

May 2010

Volume 5, Number 5 May 2010

FEATURE ARTICLE

‘Section 408’—Changing the Landscape of Flood Management Planning by Eric E. Nagy, P.E., HDR Engineering and Chris Elliott, Jones and Stokes.127

EASTERN WATER NEWS

Asian Carp Still Roiling the Waters—Even as U.S. Supreme Court Denies Michigan’s Motion to Close Chicago Area Shipping Locks131

News from the West132

REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS

International Maritime Organization Adopts Proposal—Designates U.S. Coastlines as an Emissions Control Area135

EPA Clean Water Act Settlement and Consideration of New Guidance Signals Potential New Strategy for Groups Seeking GHG Regulation136

PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS

Recent Investigations, Settlements, Penalties and Sanctions139

LAWSUITS FILED OR PENDING

Maryland Sues to Stop Coal Ash Pollution of Ground and Surface

Waters141

JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENTS

Circuit Court of Appeals:

Third Circuit Vacates CERCLA Cost Recovery Judgment—Finding in Part that a Previous Settlement Limited Suit to a Contribution Action143

Agere Systems, Inc. v. Advanced Environmental Technology, ___F.3d___, Case No. 02-cv-3030 (3rd Cir. April 12, 2010).

District Court:

District Court Adopts a State Administrative Agreement as a Trigger for a Three-Year Statute of Limitations to CERCLA Contribution Actions145

Chitayat v. Vanderbilt Associates, ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. 03-5314 (E.D. N.Y. March 22, 2010).

District Court Imposes Sweeping Injunction to Address Phosphorus Pollution in the Florida Ever-

glades.147

Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida v. U.S., ___F.Supp.2d___, Case No. 04-21488
(S.D. Fla. April 14, 2010).

State Court:

In Condemnation Action, New York State Supreme Court Addresses Valuation Issues of Wetlands150

In the Matter of Application of the City of New York Re Acquiring Title in Fee Simple (Lemon Creek/Sandy Brook Staten Island Bluebelt System), Case No. Cy2760/95 (N.Y. Supr. Ct. 2010).