(February 7, 2018, 11:07 AM EST) -- BUFFALO, N.Y. — A federal judge in New York on Jan. 18 adopted a magistrate judge’s recommendation to dismiss a third-party lawsuit filed by a company accused of violating the Clean Water Act (CWA) by illegally discharging fill materials into navigable waterways of the United States, finding that the landowner cannot seek contribution under state law because the government is not asserting claims for property damage (United States of America v. David A. Whitehall, et al., No. 14-CV-188, W.D. N.Y., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8224)....