The Clean Water Act Reaches Groundwater: The Newest Frontier for Citizen Suit Litigation

DRI Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Seminar

Event

Speaker(s)

Thursday, March 14, 2019
11:10 AM-12:00 PM CST

Sheraton New Orleans
500 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA 70130

Federal courts have ruled that small discharges of pollutants that reach waterbodies through groundwater can trigger Clean Water Act liability. These “hydraulically connected discharges” threaten to increase citizen suit liability significantly.

Other Speakers:

Andrew B. Bittner
Lindsay S. See
Michelle Spak

For more information, please see the event brochure.