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Whether Section 505 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) authorizes citizens to invoke the federal courts to enforce conditions of state-issued pollutant-discharge permits adopted under state law that mandate a greater scope of coverage than required by the CWA.

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U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Supreme Court to resolve circuit split over whether Clean Water Act citizen suits may be used to enforce state-law conditions in pollutant-discharge permits that go beyond federal law.

October 28, 2024

U.S. Chamber Coalition Amicus Brief

Steven A. Engel, Michael H. McGinley, Carla G. Graff, and Brian A. Kulp of Dechert LLP served as outside counsel.

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