Magistrate Judge Says Group, City Can Intervene In Clean Water Act Suit

Mealey's (January 3, 2019, 2:18 PM EST) -- HAMMOND, Ind. — A federal judge in Indiana on Dec. 13 found that allowing the city of Chicago and the Surfrider Foundation to intervene in a Clean Water Act (CWA) suit brought by the state of Indiana and federal government against U.S. Steel was appropriate because their participation in the suit during the public comment period of a proposed consent decree would not “unnecessarily complicate” the action (United States v. United States Steel Corp., No. 18-cv-127-JEM, N.D. Ind., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 210213)....