Judge Clarifies Ruling About Agency’s Prosecution Of Clean Water Act Violations

Mealey's (November 1, 2018, 3:28 PM EDT) -- WORCESTER, Mass. — A federal judge in Massachusetts on Oct. 31 clarified an earlier ruling in which he granted in part a motion for summary judgment filed by defendants accused of violating the Clean Water Act (CWA), explaining that the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is diligently prosecuting claims that a development is violating a comparable state law (Blackstone Headwaters Coalition Inc. v. Gallo Builders Inc., et al., No. 16-40053, D. Mass., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 186121)....