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Energy & Environment Cabinet & Sanitation District No. 1 v. Guilfoile

Energy & Environment Cabinet & Sanitation District No. 1 v. Guilfoile

Filing Date: 2020

Case Categories: States > Kentucky

Principal Laws: Clean Water Act

Description: Citizens initiated an administrative action after the Energy & Environment Cabinet and the Sanitation Dist. No. 1 issued a Kentucky Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit for the discharge of treated wastewater from a publicly owned facility into the Ohio River. 

Kentucky Energy & Environment Cabinet & Sanitation District No. 1 v. Guilfoile

Docket number(s): 2014-CA-0004150MR

Court/Admin Entity: Commonwealth of Kentucky Court of Appeals

CASE DOCUMENTS:

FILING DATE TYPE SUMMARY
06/12/2015 Opinion Appellate court affirmed the decision of the lower court upholding the issuance o a Kentucky Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit 
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Board of Water Works Trustees of the City of Des Moines v. Sac County Board of Supervisors

Board of Water Works Trustees of the City of Des Moines v. Sac County Board of Supervisors  

Filing Date: 2015

Case Categories: States > Iowa

Principal Laws:

Clean Water Act 

Iowa Code 

Safe Drinking Water Act  

Iowa state torts  

Description: Citizen suit against the Supervisors of several Drainage Districts for the discharge of nitrate pollution into the Raccoon River and failure to obtain a NPDES permit or other state permit.

Minnesota Center for Regulatory Reasonableness vs. EPA

Docket number(s): 5:15-cv-04020

Court/Admin Entity: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa 

CASE DOCUMENTS:

FILING DATE TYPE SUMMARY
03/16/2015 Complaint Board of Water Works Trustees filed a complaint seeking declaratory judgment that the Drainage Districts failed to comply with effluent limitations and injunctive relief, civil penalties, and costs.   
03/17/2017  Order Court granted Defendants’ summary judgment on all counts and case was dismissed. 
     
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Minnesota Center for Regulatory Reasonableness vs. EPA

Filing Date: 2016

Case Categories: States > Minnesota

Principal Laws: Clean Water Act, Administrative Procedure Act

Description: Center for Regulatory Reasonableness, Inc. filed suit alleging that EPA’s approval and subsequent refusal to withdraw its approval of two response variables associated with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s new eutrophication criteria for rivers and streams were arbitrary, capricious, or not otherwise in accordance with the law. 

Minnesota Center for Regulatory Reasonableness vs. EPA

Docket number(s): 1:16-cv-01435 

Court/Admin Entity: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia 

CASE DOCUMENTS:

FILING DATE TYPE SUMMARY
07/12/2016 Complaint Plaintiffs filed suit seeking a mandamus, declaratory judgment, and injunctive relief against Defendant EPA
03/13/19  Reply Defendant EPA filed a reply brief in support of their cross motion for summary judgment
03/31/19  Opinion Court granted Defendant EPA’s motion for summary judgment and denied Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment
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Sierra Club Iowa Chapter v. Iowa Department of Natural Resources

Filing Date: 2021

Case Categories: States > Iowa

Principal Laws:

Iowa Code

Iowa Administrative Code

Description: Sierra Club Iowa Chapter challenged Iowa DNR’s approval of a nutrient management plan for an open feedlot due to errors in nitrogen and phosphorous calculations.

Sierra Club Iowa Chapter v. Iowa Department of Natural Resources

Docket number(s): N/A Court/Admin Entity: N/A

CASE DOCUMENTS:

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FILING DATE TYPE SUMMARY
03/08/2021 Written Public Comments Iowa Environmental Council submitted comments to Iowa DNR on the Nutrient Management Plan submitted by Supreme Beef, LLC.
03/08/2021 Written Public Comments Larry Stone submitted written comments to Iowa DNR in opposition to the proposed Nutrient Management Plan for Supreme Beef, LLC.
03/08/2021 Written Public Comments Steve Veysey submitted written comments to Iowa DNR in opposition to the proposed Nutrient Management Plan for Supreme Beef, LLC.
05/04/2021 Corrections Corrections to 3/8/21 written comments from Steve Veysey to Iowa DNR in opposition to the proposed Nutrient Management Plan for Supreme Beef, LLC.
05/06/2021 Request
Steve Veysey submitted a request for clarification and
justification to DNR for its responses to the 3/8/21 public comments
05/07/2021 Written Public Comments Sierra Club Iowa Chapter submitted written comments to Iowa DNR in opposition to the proposed Nutrient Management Plan for Supreme Beef, LLC.
05/07/2021 Petition Sierra Club Iowa Chapter petitioned Iowa DNR to reverse its decision and deny approval of Supreme Beef, LLC’s Nutrient Management Plan.
05/07/2021 Appendices Appendices to Sierra Club Iowa Chapter’s 5/7/21 petition for review
09/23/2021 Petition Sierra Club Iowa Chapter filed a petition for judicial reviewseeking a reversal of Iowa DNR’s approval of Supreme Beef, LLC’s Nutrient Management Plan.