Federal Court Rejects Metal Fabricator's Bid to Dismiss Stormwater Pollution Lawsuit
A Pennsylvania federal court denied a metal-fabrication company's motion to dismiss an environmental group's claim that its storm-water runoff violates clean-water laws.
The court in Pennsylvania refused to toss the lawsuit filed by an environmental organization against a metal-fabrication plant. Plaintiffs allege the facility discharges polluted stormwater into municipal drains without the required permits. They assert that the contaminants travel through Little Neshaminy Creek and ultimately reach the Delaware River, breaching federal and state water regulations. The ruling allows the case to move forward.
Why it matters
The decision lets a claim that industrial runoff may be harming the Delaware River ecosystem proceed in court.
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