Save Our Community, Save Our Community v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Appellee, Save Our Community (“SOC”), 1 brought suit challenging the draining of several ponds on the site of a proposed expansion of a 73-acre landfill (the “Skyline Landfill”) near the City of Ferris, Texas, operated by appellant Trinity Valley Reclamation, Inc. (collectively “Trinity”). 2 SOC 3 sought a preliminary injunction and a declaratory judgment that Trinity violated the Clean Water Act (“CWA”), 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq., by failing to obtain a permit pursuant to section 404 of the Act before starting to drain the ponds. SOC also sought a declaration that appellants the United…