Judge: Diligent Prosecution Bar Precludes Group’s Suit Over Wastewater Discharges

(February 1, 2017, 8:30 AM EST) -- SELMA, Ala. — A federal judge in Alabama on Jan. 24 awarded summary judgment to a company accused of violating the Clean Water Act (CWA), after finding that the diligent prosecution bar precludes an environmental group from bringing a citizen suit under the act (Black Warrior Riverkeeper v. Southeastern Cheese Corporation, No. 16-0083-KD-B, S.D. Ala., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9533)....