United States v. Miami-Dade County

The federal district court for the Southern District of Florida denied intervenor Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper’s motion to reopen the case, which was resolved by a consent decree between the federal and state governments and Miami-Dade County. The court agreed with the U.S. that the consent decree had resolved the Clean Water Act violations at issue in the case. The final consent decree included higher stipulated penalties for failures to submit timely deliverables and for occurrences of sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs). The court required the County to submit semiannual status reports on SSOs and on its progress in implementing the improvements required by the consent decree.