Group Has Standing To Bring Suit Over Stormwater Discharges, Judge Says

Mealey's (March 10, 2021, 11:48 AM EST) -- ALBANY, N.Y. — A federal judge in New York on March 8 refused to dismiss Riverkeeper Inc.’s Clean Water Act (CWA) lawsuit over a company’s discharges of stormwater into a tributary of the Hudson River, finding that the group has standing because its notice of intent satisfied the statute’s requirements and that the company’s subsequent acquisition of a permit does not render the group’s claims moot....