Legal Opinion
Student Public Interest Research Group of New Jersey, Inc. v. Georgia-Pacific Corp.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided August 19, 1985No. Civ. A. 84-1063PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROTMAN, District Judge.
This matter concerns defendant Georgia-Pacific Corporation’s alleged violations of a United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) water pollution discharge permit. Plaintiffs Student Public Interest Research Group of New Jersey, Inc. (“SPIRG”) and Friends of the Earth (“FOE”) bring this action under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq. (“Clean Water Act” or “Act”). The complaint charges defendant with emitting unlawfully high levels of pollutants into the Delaware River from a wastepaper recycling and chipboard production plant in…
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