Citizen Suit CWA Notice Lacked Sufficient Details, 3rd Circuit Rules

Mealey's (August 29, 2022, 1:11 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A New Jersey federal judge wrongly concluded that a citizen petition failed to provide enough information for two defendants to identify the location of an alleged Clean Water Act violation, but the notice was nonetheless deficient on an alternative ground, the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Aug. 24 in affirming summary judgment to the defendants....