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MassDEP has issued a cease and desist order to Sandisfield about Dodd Road work

Sandisfield is facing possible legal action from the state after a town-hired contractor s work on a stretch of unpaved Dodd Road went awry and flooded nearby protected wetlands. ....

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First Circuit Court of Appeals Limits the Diligent Prosecution Bar to Clean Water Act Citizen Suits | Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

The Clean Water Act, like many environmental laws, provides a supplementary enforcement mechanism, allowing citizens to sue any person who is alleged to be in violation of an effluent. ....

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Citizen Suit/Clean Water Act: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Preclusion Issue | Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C.

The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (“Court”) addressed in an April 18th Opinion an issue involving the Clean Water Act citizen suit provision. See Blackstone. ....

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Opinion: Marion needs support, not combativeness from the Buzzards Bay Coalition on sewer issues

Jan 10, 2021
Editor’s note: This letter is in response to a Dec. 28 letter from Buzzards Bay Coalition President Mark Rasmussen regarding
claims from the Town of Marion over the projected cost of the lining of one of the lagoons at its wastewater treatment plant. The Buzzards Bay Coalition sued the town in 2018 for an alleged violation of the Massachusetts Clean Water Act, saying that nitrogen was reportedly leaking from the lagoons and into the nearby Aucoot Cove. The town denies this claim. The case was dropped in 2019 after the town entered into an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Environmental Protection to line one of the three lagoons. ....

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Opinion: Let's stop spreading misinformation about Marion's Sewer issues

Jan 7, 2021
Editor’s note: This letter is in response to a Dec. 28 letter from Buzzards Bay Coalition President Mark Rasmussen regarding
claims from the Town of Marion over the projected cost of the lining of one of the lagoons at its wastewater treatment plant. The Buzzards Bay Coalition sued the town in 2018 for an alleged violation of the Massachusetts Clean Water Act, saying that nitrogen was reportedly leaking from the lagoons and into the nearby Aucoot Cove. The town denies this claim. The case was dropped in 2019 after the town entered into an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Environmental Protection to line one of the three lagoons. ....

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