ELR Citation: ELR 20571
No(s). 80 Civ. 5081 (S.D.N.Y. Dec 7, 1981)

The court rules that state and local officials cannot be held liable under federal law for a developer's pollution of plaintiff's pond, but that a citizen suit under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) may proceed against the developer notwithstanding the state's prosecution of an enforc...