ELR Citation: ELR 20768
No(s). 90-CV-900 (N.D.N.Y. Dec 20, 1993)

The court holds that environmental groups have standing under Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) §505 to bring a citizen suit against a tannery as an indirect source for allegedly violating categorical pretreatment effluent standards for wastewater discharged into, and treated by, a publicly owned treatment works (POTW). The court grants the groups' motion for reconsideration in light of its decision in Atlantic States Legal Foundation v. Colonial Tanning Corp.,