United States v. John Hoyt Curtis

DAVID ALAN EZRA, District Judge:

John Hoyt Curtis appeals his conviction for discharging a pollutant into the surface waters of the United States in violation of the Clean Water Act (“CWA”), 33 U.S.C. §§ 1311(a), 1319(c)(2)(A). He argues that the CWA does not apply to federal employees whose alleged violations occurred in the course of their employment. We reject the argument. Since Curtis is a “person” subject to the enforcement provisions of the CWA as defined in 33 U.S.C. §§ 1319(c)(6), 1362(5), we affirm.

I.FACTS

John Hoyt Curtis was Fuels Division Director at Adak Naval Air Station in…