United States v. County of Muskegon

OPINION RE MOTION FOR ENTRY OF CONSENT JUDGMENT AND MOTION TO LIMIT DISCOVERY

HILLMAN, Senior District Judge.

This case originally was brought by the United States against the County of Muske-gon. The government’s complaint alleges unlawful exceedances of the effluent limits of the county’s permit issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) under the Clean Water Act (the “NPDES permit”), as well as for failures to comply with EPA administrative orders. The county denied liability on the basis of its inability to comply both with the federal requirements of its permits and its…