Oregon State Public Interest Research Group, Inc. v. Pacific Coast Seafoods Co.

OPINION AND ORDER

HAGGERTY, Chief Judge.

In July 2002, plaintiffs filed this ease, alleging violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA). Plaintiffs allege that defendants are committing ongoing violations of the CWA at their Warrenton, Oregon seafood processing facility. Specifically, plaintiffs claim that defendants are discharging an excess of seafood processing waste into the Skipanon River, a tributary of the Columbia River, causing dissolved oxygen levels to fall to levels that are toxic to aquatic life. Plaintiffs seek a declaration regarding defendants’ violations, an injunction requiring…