Hawai'i Wildlife Fund v. County of Maui

OPINION

D.W. NELSON, Senior Circuit Judge:

The County of Maui (“County”) appeals the district court’s summary judgment rulings finding the County violated the Clean Water Act (“CWA”) when it discharged pollutants from its wells into the Pacific Ocean, and further finding it had fair notice of its violations. Hawai'i Wildlife Fund, Sierra Club—Maui Group, Surfrider Foundation, and West ,Maui Preservation Association (“Associations”) urge us to uphold these rulings. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the district court.

BACKGROUND

1, The Lahaina Wells and the Effluent Injections

The County…