United States v. Ketchikan Pulp Co.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

VON DER HEYDT, Chief Judge.

THIS CAUSE comes before the court on plaintiff’s and defendant’s request to enter a consent decree. This action and the present request represent the culmination of lengthy pre-suit negotiations and administrative hearings involving plaintiff and defendant. The underlying dispute in this case involves the effluent discharge requirements of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1311 et seq. (hereinafter the Act of FWPCA).

On November 15, 1976, the government filed the complaint in this case alleging that defendants had failed to meet…