Judge Terminates Consent Decree Between Government, Homebuilder Over Stormwater

Mealey's (December 11, 2020, 12:30 PM EST) -- CAMDEN, N.J. — A federal judge in New Jersey on Dec. 9 terminated a 2017 consent decree between NVR Inc., doing business as Ryan Homes, and the federal government that resolved a lawsuit accusing the homebuilder of violating the Clean Water Act (CWA) over its discharges of stormwater from construction sites, finding that the defendant sufficiently complied with the agreement’s requirements for the prescribed 30-month period (United States v. NVR Inc., No. 17cv4346, D. N.J., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 231615)....