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United States v. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

Geography
🇺🇸 United States / Illinois
Year
2011
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
United States v. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

About this case

Filing year
2011
Status
Consent decree entered.
Geography
🇺🇸 United States → Illinois
Docket number
11 C 8859
Court/admin entity
United States → United States Federal Courts → United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (N.D. Ill.)
Case category
Adaptation (US) → Actions seeking adaptation measures (US)Federal Statutory Claims (US) → Clean Water Act (US)
Principal law
United States → Clean Water Act (CWA)
At issue
Enforcement suit alleging violations of Clean Water Act related to combined sewer overflows in Chicago area in violation of NPDES permits.
Topics
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Documents

Filing Date
Document
Type
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01/06/2014
Consent decree entered.
Decision
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09/05/2013
Response filed in opposition to entry of consent decree.
Response
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09/05/2013
Response filed in opposition to entry of consent decree.
Response
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06/07/2013
Motion filed by United States and Illinois for entry of consent decree.
Motion
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08/21/2012
Complaint-in-intervention filed.
Complaint
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12/14/2011
Proposed consent decree filed.
Consent Decree/Order
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Summary

Enforcement suit alleging violations of Clean Water Act related to combined sewer overflows in Chicago area in violation of NPDES permits.

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Topics
Target
Policy instrument
Risk
Just transition
Fossil fuel
Economic sector
Adaptation/resilience
Finance