ELR Citation: ELR 20998
No(s). 89-H-263- (M.D. Ala. Jul 27, 1989)

The court holds that a state's issuance of a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) cannot be challenged under the Supremacy Clause in federal district court. The court holds that the Supremacy Clause is inoperative, since plaintiff lacks a remedy or a cause of action under the FWPCA.

Counsel for Plaintiff
Debra Swim
Legal Environmental Assistance Foundation
203 N. Gadseden St., Ste. 5, Tallahassee FL 32301
(904) 681-2591

Counsel for Defendants
Olivia H. Jenkins
Alabama Department of Environmental Management
1751 Congressman W.L. Dickinson Dr., Montgomery AL 31630
(205) 271-7700

Fournier J. Gale III, Jarred O. Taylor II
Maynard, Cooper, Frierson & Gale
2400 AmSouth/Harbert Plaza, Birmingham AL 35203
(205) 254-1000