Principal Law:

Clean Water Act (CWA)

79 Cases found

Conservation Law Foundation, Inc. v. Shell Oil Products US

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: D.R.I.
Status: Plaintiff's motion to compel and defendants' cross-motion for protective order denied without prejudice. [ 07/21/2022 ]
Description: Citizen suit alleging that Shell Oil violated the Clean Water Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act by failing to prepare a bulk storage and fuel terminal in Providence, Rhode Island, for climate change impacts.

Conservation Law Foundation v. EPA

Filing Date: 2013
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mass.
Status: Settlement agreement filed providing for eventual dismissal of action after certain activities were completed. [ 11/17/2014 ]
Description: Challenge to TMDLs for Cape Cod and Nantucket embayments.

United States v. Miami-Dade County

Filing Date: 2012
Court/Admin Entity: S.D. Fla.
Status: Order issued denying Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper's motion to reopen case. [ 05/08/2014 ]
Description: Enforcement suit alleging violations of Clean Water Act in which Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper and Key Biscayne resident intervened to request, among other things, that climate change impacts be considered.

Conservation Law Foundation v. EPA

Filing Date: 2010
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mass.
Status: Settlement agreement filed providing that after certain activities were completed claims in the action could not be reasserted or reinstated in any forum. [ 11/17/2014 ]
Description: Challenge to TMDLs for Cape Cod and Nantucket embayments.

Conservation Law Foundation v. McCarthy

Filing Date: 2011
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mass.
Status: Settlement agreement filed providing for eventual dismissal of action after certain activities were completed. [ 11/17/2014 ]
Description: Challenge to EPA’s oversight of water quality management on Cape Cod.

Columbia Riverkeeper v. Wheeler

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. Wash.
Status: Plaintiffs filed notice of settlement agreement resolving plaintiffs' claim for attorney fees and litigation costs. [ 05/25/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that EPA violated the Clean Water Act by failing to issue a total maximum daily load (TMDL) for temperature pollution in the Columbia and Snake Rivers in Oregon and Washington.

Center for Biological Diversity v. EPA

Filing Date: 2009
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. Wash.
Status: Memorandum issued by EPA on integrated reporting and listing decisions related to ocean acidification. [ 11/15/2010 ]
Description: Rulemaking petition and related litigation requesting that EPA revise pH water quality criteria to address ocean acidification.

Center for Biological Diversity v. EPA

Filing Date: 2013
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 09/08/2016 ]
Description: Rulemaking petition and subsequent litigation requesting that EPA amend water quality criteria and publish guidance to address ocean acidification.

Constitution Pipeline Co. v. Seggos

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: U.S.
Status: Certiorari petition denied. [ 04/30/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to denial of water quality certification for natural gas pipeline from Pennsylvania to New York.

Center for Biological Diversity v. EPA

Filing Date: 2013
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. Wash.
Status: Amended order issued granting summary judgment to EPA. [ 03/02/2015 ]
Description: Challenge to EPA approval of Washington’s and Oregon’s lists of impaired waters.

Conservation Law Foundation v. ExxonMobil Corp.

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mass.
Status: Case settled. [ 12/05/2023 ]
Description: Citizen suit alleging violations of RCRA and Clean Water Act for failure to take action to prepare marine terminal for climate change.