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141:. To establish standing, the courts have required proof of three elements. First, the plaintiff must have suffered an “injury in fact”—an invasion of a legally protected interest which is (a) concrete and particularized and (b) “actual or imminent, not ‘conjectural’ or ‘hypothetical’”. Second, there must be a causal connection between the injury and the conduct complained of—the injury has to be "fairly ... trace to the challenged action of the defendant, and not ... th result the independent action of some third party not before the court." Third, it must be "likely", as opposed to merely "speculative", that the injury will be "redressed by a favorable decision." 105:
arena to begin including specific provisions for citizens to bring suit against violators or government agencies to enforce environmental laws. Today, most anti-pollution laws have provisions for citizen suits and they have become a major means of ensuring compliance with environmental laws.
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See Middlesex City Board of Chosen Freeholders v. New Jersey, 645 F. Supp. 715, 721-22(D.N.J. 1986); see also RCRA Imminent Hazard Authority: A Powerful Tool for Businesses, Governments, and Citizen Enforcers, 24 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. L. Inst.) 10122 (March 1994),
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See Zygmunt J.B. Plater, Facing a Time of Counter-Revolution—The Kepone Incident and a Review of First Principles, 29 U. RICH. L. REV. 657, 701 (1995) (Environmental citizen suit provisions were “odelled after provisions in the civil rights acts . . .
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See Adam Babich, The Wages of Sin: The Violator-Pays Rule for Environmental Citizen Suits, 10 Widener L. Rev. 219 (2003); see also The Violator-Pays Rule, Envtl. F., May/June 2004, at 30,
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One of the limitations on the right of citizens to bring environmental lawsuits is a 60-day prior notice of the alleged violations to the alleged violator. In 1989, the
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See, e.g., Citizen Suits: The Teeth in Public Participation, 25 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. L. Inst.) 10141 (Mar. 1995),
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for engaging in conduct prohibited by the statute. For example, a citizen can sue a corporation under the
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to abate a potential imminent and substantial endangerment involving generation, disposal or handling of
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Citizen suits come in three forms. First, a private citizen can bring a lawsuit against a citizen,
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that the CWA required it to promulgate. In a third, less common form, citizens may sue for an
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Los Angeles County Flood Control District v. Natural Resources Defense Council
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http://www.tulane.edu/~telc/assets/articles/2004%20Forum%20Violator%20Pays.pdf
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http://www.tulane.edu/~telc/assets/articles/Citz%20Suits%20Teeth-ELR_95.pdf
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Emergency Planning and Community Right To Know Act of 1986- SARA Title III
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to commencing suit." Further, citizens may only bring citizen suits in
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Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. v. Natural Resources Defense Council
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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
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http://www.tulane.edu/~telc/assets/articles/RCRA%20Haz%20ELR_94.pdf
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Public-interest environmental legal service organizations, such as
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Scenic Hudson Preservation Conference v. Federal Power Commission
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Weyerhaeuser Company v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service
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Babbitt v. Sweet Home Chapter of Communities for a Great Oregon
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National Association of Manufacturers v. Department of Defense
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National Association of Home Builders v. Defenders of Wildlife
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National Association of Home Builders v. Defenders of Wildlife
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HollyFrontier Cheyenne Refining v. Renewable Fuels Association
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Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council
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S. D. Warren Co. v. Maine Board of Environmental Protection
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South Florida Water Management District v. Miccosukee Tribe
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held that such notice and the 60-day delay are "mandatory
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National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
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Metropolitan Edison Co. v. People Against Nuclear Energy
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United States Fish and Wildlife Service v. Sierra Club
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Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation v. EPA
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Friends of the Earth v. Laidlaw Environmental Services
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Environmental laws that allow citizen suits include:
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Alien Species Prevention and Enforcement Act of 1992
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http://www.tulane.edu/~telc/assets/pdfs/lawsuits.pdf
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Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
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Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance 101:was inspired by similar legislation in the 1266:Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act 674:American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut 666:Environmental Defense v. Duke Energy Corp. 618:Train v. Natural Resources Defense Council 450: 436: 1024:North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 993:Forest Service Organic Administration Act 634:Whitman v. American Trucking Associations 987:Yellowstone National Park Protection Act 1421:United States Fish and Wildlife Service 1615: 1514:National Ambient Air Quality Standards 1357:Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 1254:Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 1242:Hazardous Materials Transportation Act 916:County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund 164:Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 1602:Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action 1123:Environmental Quality Improvement Act 900:Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Co. 510:Lujan v. National Wildlife Federation 431: 362:"33 U.S. Code § 1365 - Citizen suits" 337: 1331:Energy Independence and Security Act 1302:National Environmental Education Act 333: 331: 1574:Significant New Alternatives Policy 1426:U.S. Global Change Research Program 736:Southern Union Co. v. United States 682:Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA 596:Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms 13: 1351:America's Water Infrastructure Act 1341:(D.C. Cir. Court of Appeals, 2012) 1060:Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act 820:United States v. Riverside Bayview 758:Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill 728:City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey 14: 1639: 1367:(5th Cir. Court of Appeals, 2022) 1129:National Environmental Policy Act 1107:(2nd Cir. Court of Appeals, 1965) 868:Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper Inc. 828:SWANCC v. 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Index

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statute
environmental law
corporation
government body
Clean Water Act
polluting
waterway
Environmental Protection Agency
regulations
injunction
waste
common law
tort
public nuisance
attorney fees
Clean Air Act
United States Congress
civil rights
Earthjustice
Tulane Environmental Law Clinic
Americans with Disabilities Act
Fair Housing Amendments Act
United States Supreme Court
conditions precedent
federal court
"standing to sue"
Clean Water Act
Safe Drinking Water Act

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