Enforcement

Clean Water Act Section 505, Effect of Prior Citizen Suit Adjudications or Settlement on the United States Ability to Sue for Same Violations

This memo clarifies that the United States is not stopped from suing a violator on the same violations for separate or additional relief after a citizen suit has been initiated or concluded.

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Clean Water Act Section 505, Effect of Prior Citizen Suit Adjudications or Settlement on the United States Ability to Sue for Same Violations (PDF)(5 pp, 338 K)