Legal Opinion
Hudson River Fishermen's Ass'n v. City of New York
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 8, 1990No. 89 Civ. 2387 (CLB)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND DECISION
BRIEANT, Chief Judge.
On April 11, 1989 the complaint in this action was filed as a “citizen suit” brought under Section 505 of the Clean Water Act 33 U.S.C. § 1365. Plaintiff seeks declaratory and injunctive relief to prevent the unlawful discharge by defendants without a permit, of pollutants into the West Branch Reservoir, a part of the Croton System, one of the three main wáter supply systems operated by the City of New York. The allegedly unlawful discharge, described in detail below, is claimed to arise from the intermittent emergency operation of the Chelsea…
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