Tennessee Riverkeeper, Inc. v. Hensley-Graves Holdings, LLC
Jan 01, 2014OUTCOME: Settlement
Clean Water Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act citizen suit brought to address illegal discharge of pollutants to Cypess Creek, a tributary of theTennessee River, from closed municipal land ... fill in Florence, Alabama. Settlement of claims resulted in requirement that current owner of landfill submit an NPDES Permit application for discharge at issue to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, and comply with any and all permit conditions, fund a Supplemental Enviromental Project to benefit water quality in Cypress Creek, and reimburse Plaintiffs' litigation costs, including attorney and expert fees.
