Northeast Iowa Citizens for Clean Water v. AgriProcessors, Inc.

ORDER

LINDA R. READE, District Judge.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION.669

II. BACKGROUND..669

A. United States’s Complaint.669

B. AgriProcessors’s Answer.670

C. Consolidation with Citizens’ Suit.670

D. Settlement Negotiations .670

E. Consent Decree .671

III. REVIEW OF CONSENT DECREE 672

A. Legal Standards . 03 fc-CO

B. Analysis. CO CD

1. Procedural Fairness. CO I> CD

2. Substantive Fairness, Reasonableness and Adequacy ^ t- ZO

3. Conclusion. fc-t-CO

IV. DISPOSITION. .677

I. INTRODUCTION

The matter before the court is the Motion to Enter Proposed Consent Decree (“Motion”) (docket no. 51), filed by the United…