Legal Opinion
National Wildlife Federation v. Consumers Power Co.
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided March 31, 1987No. G85-1146PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ENSLEN, District Judge.
The plaintiff in this action is a non-governmental environmental conservation organization that alleges that defendant, a Michigan corporation that supplies electrical energy to millions of Michigan residents, is operating a hydro-electric power plant located on the shores of Lake Michigan in violation of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 (the Clean Water Act) (“CWA” or the “Act”). 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251-1376. The CWA prohibits the “discharge of any pollutant by any person,” which prohibition encompasses “any addition of any pollutant to…
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