环境法消除了浮动垃圾场(2 / 2)- 2016年6月
By 吉姆·朗 - 2016年6月
The Citizen's 环境法律suit (Because Nothing Else Worked)
Mr. 地主 Decides to File a Citizen's 环境法律suit
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CASE RESULTS DEPEND UPON A VARIETY OF FACTORS UNIQUE TO EACH CASE. 案件结果不保证或预测律师将来承担的任何案件的类似结果.
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清洁水法:搁浅的船只是受《皇冠搏彩APP下载》约束的“污染物”
根据 起诉书 a 200' hopper barge (shown immediately above) 
以前坐落在水里，就在一英亩土地的水路对面. 2005年购买的收藏家. 起诉书 他解释说，在奥巴马先生之后. 收集器 acquired the property next door to Mr. 地主,. 收藏家投机地用他的拖船把驳船移到上游几百码的地方，并把它推到河岸的湿地上. 地主. The hopper barge, according to 起诉书 坐在那里, partly in the river and partly in the wetlands, 多年来, 风吹雨打使船体锈迹斑斑，出现了巨大的裂痕. During this time, according to 起诉书, Mr. 收集器使用了10,他在料斗驳船的顶部放置了一个面积为1000平方英尺的平台来存放他的设备，并将料斗驳船的结构用作“码头”，在他的“浮动垃圾场”中，他将许多船只绑在上面.
《皇冠搏彩APP下载》 33 U.S.C. 第1311条(a) 禁止任何人在未经许可的情况下将污染物(从点源)排放到“美国水域”. "Fill" is a type of CWA pollutant. The regulations that implement the CWA (33 C.F.R. 第323节.2(e)) 解释“填充”是改变水的底部高度的东西. The hopper barge was changing the bottom elevation in the river, and in the wetlands adjoining the river, 把第六项算进去 起诉书 (pages 31 to 33) asked the Court 强迫……. 收集者必须移除漏斗驳船，并向美国支付相应的罚款，因为他违反了《皇冠搏彩APP下载》.
根据 起诉书, Mr. 收集器 also had two other ships, larger than the hopper barge,
两者在80%的时间里都搁浅在河底(只有在潮汐最高时才暂时离开河底)。. 一个是262年的前美国军人.S. Navy vessel, formerly known as the USS YRST-2. 在最近的照片中可以看到(你可以在照片中看到它被绑在料斗驳船上).
The other ship was a 245' former sugar barge, 命名为ATC-12,000, which is the top-most vessel in the photo below.
起诉书 他解释说. 收藏家让这两艘大船在现在的位置搁浅了许多年. 第七章(第34-35页 起诉书) and Count VIII (pages 35-37 of 起诉书) brought CWA claims of a “fill” violation against Mr. 收集器 with respect to these two large ships. Mr. 地主 asked the Court in 起诉书 强迫……. 收集人将这两艘大船移走并向美国支付相应的罚款，因为他违反了《皇冠搏彩APP下载》.
Mr. 收集人的回应是向法院提出动议，要求法院驳回由刘先生提出的《皇冠线上买球平台》申索. 地主 with respect to the three vessels that were aground. Mr. 收集器 did not deny that the vessels were aground but claimed in his 撤诉动议 that a vessel can never be “fill”. Mr. 地主写了一份 短暂的 and filed it with the Court that explained the errors 先生. 收藏家在他的 撤诉动议. The Court held a hearing that allowed Mr. 收藏家及先生. 土地所有人向法院提出了他们的论点，之后法院作出了有利于Mr. 地主. 这个链接是到 意见及命令 that was entered by the court.
皇冠搏彩APP下载, 保护和恢复法案:霍珀驳船是一个固体废物管理设施. 收集器 Operates in Violation of RCRA
起诉书 在25-26页解释了如何在漏斗驳船的内腔中填充足够的垃圾, 垃圾和废物装满220辆自卸卡车(如上图所示). The details of RCRA are found at 42 USC §§6921 to 6991m. 该法律于1976年颁布，是国家管理治疗的主要法律, storage and disposal of solid and hazardous waste. Mr. 收藏家，根据 起诉书, 正在储存4,000 cubic yards of solid waste inside the hopper barge, on the banks of the Elizabeth River, 没有RCRA许可. 这 meant that, according to 起诉书, Mr. 收集器 was violating RCRA. Mr. 地主 asked the Court at Counts IV and V in 起诉书 (第25至30页). 收税人必须遵守RCRA，并就其违反RCRA的行为向美国支付适当的罚款.
The photo below shows some of the other trash, rubbish and waste in the inner cavity of the hopper barge, 如 起诉书:
As was done with the CWA claims, Mr. 收税员提交了 撤诉动议 the RCRA claims, which forced Mr. 土地所有人须提交 短暂的 Opposing the 撤诉动议, after which the Court held a hearing and then entered its 意见及命令. 法院，在其 意见及命令先生说。. 土地拥有人须重新拟备第IV及V项控状内的土地回收安排申索，然后以经修订的投诉书形式重新提交法院. 曾先生. 地主 completed this task, the RCRA claims against Mr. 收集器 went forward in the Court, along with the CWA claims.
Mr. 收集器 Agrees to Clean Up the Floating Junkyard
就像最近一样 reported by Andy Fox on WAVY 10 television, the citizen’s environmental lawsuit forced Mr. 收集器 to clean up the Floating Junkyard. Mr. 福克斯的报道包括目前可用的最新航拍照片, made by "chopper 10" on May 31, 2016. It shows the near-complete removal of the Floating Junkyard, with only the hopper barge remaining in the waters 先生. 收集器 is now forbidden to use. 法院已进入其 Permanent Injunction on Consent, the terms of which require Mr. 收藏家永久地让他的船远离先生前面的水域. 地主的财产. 法院，在其 Permanent Injunction on Consent命令先生. 收集者“在2016年8月15日或之前”将漏斗驳船从水路上移除.
吉姆·朗彭德尔 & 皇冠线上买球平台 shareholder, focuses his practice on water and environmental law.
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