U.S. v. STATE OF MICH.

Civ. A. Nos. 77-71100, 87-70992 and 89-72937.

781 F.Supp. 1230 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant, and Wayne County Department of Health, Air Pollution Control Division, Plaintiff, v. STATE OF MICHIGAN, Defendant, Counter-Plaintiff and Cross-Plaintiff, v. CITY OF DETROIT, a municipal corporation, and Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, Defendants and Cross-Defendants, v. ALL COMMUNITIES AND AGENCIES UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF DETROIT FOR SEWAGE TREATMENT SERVICES v. DETROIT AREA LAUNDRY POLLUTION CONTROL GROUP, a voluntary, non-profit, unincorporated association, and its Members v. The FOOD AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES COMMITTEE OF METROPOLITAN DETROIT, a voluntary non-profit, unincorporated association, and its Members, Intervening Rate Challengers. UNITED STATES of America and Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General for the State of Michigan, ex rel. Michigan Natural Resources Commission, Michigan Water Resources Commission, and David F. Hales, Director of Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Plaintiffs, v. WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN, City of Allen Park, City of Belleville, Township of Brownstown, City of Dearborn Heights, City of Ecorse, City of Lincoln Park, City of River Rouge, City of Southgate, City of Taylor, Township of Van Buren, City of Wyandotte, Southgate-Wyandotte Relief Drainage District, Ecorse Creek Pollution Abatement Drain, Defendants. UNITED STATES of America, and State of Michigan, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, S.D.

December 23, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth D. Kruse, Pagnucco, Kruse & Tamsen, P.C., Allen Park, Mich., for City of Allen Park.

Pamela G. Shea, Beier, Howlett, Ternan, Devine, Jones, Shea & Hafeli, P.C., Bloomfield Hills, Mich., for Oakland County.

C. Gerald Hemming, Law, Hemming, Essad & Palaczyk, P.C., Plymouth, Mich., for Canton Tp., Northville Tp., Plymouth Tp. and Western Wayne Tp. Utility Authority (WTUA).

Leonard A. Krazyzaniak, Jr., Vandeveer & Garzia, P.C., Detroit, Mich., for City of Dearborn.

Adam J. Dadaou, Inkster, Mich., for City of Dearborn Heights.

Milton Spokojny, Farmington Hills, Mich., for City of Inkster.

Harry C. Tatigian, Livonia, Mich., for City of Livonia.

R.W. Lowe, Lowe & LeWandowski, P.C., Plymouth, Mich., for City of Plymouth.

Owen J. Cummings, Cummings, McClorey, Davis & Acho, P.C., Livonia, Mich., for Redford Tp.

Ronald E. Mack, Berry, Hopson, Francis, Mack & Siefman, P.C., Detroit, Mich., for City of Romulus.

Patrick B. McCauley, Sommers, Schwartz, Silver & Schwartz, P.C., Southfield, Mich., for Van Buren Tp. and Taylor.

Richard S. Clark, Millar, Weinberg, Necker, Johnson, Clark & Ryan, P.C., Wayne, Mich., for City of Wayne.

Charles Brian James, Bokos & Plakas, P.C., Westland, Mich., for City of Westland and Southgate.

Mark Van Putten, Nat. Wildlife Federation, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Daniel Andrews, Cozadd, Shangle, Smith & Stone, P.C., Dearborn, Mich., for Belleville.

William J. DeBiasi, Taylor, Mich., for Brownstown.

Edward Zelenak, Lincoln Park, Mich., for Lincoln Park.

Michael H. Feiler, Feiler, Joelson, Lakind & Rosenberg, P.C., Farmington Hills, Mich., for City of River Rouge.

Eugene A. Goreta, Ecorse, Mich., for Ecorse.

Randall Pentiuk, Pentiuk, Miller & Waterman, P.C., Taylor, Mich., for River-view.

Randy Kalmbach, Look, Kalmbach & Look, P.C., Wyandotte, Mich., for Wyandotte.

Fred R. Disheroon, Sp. Litigation Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Stephen F. Schuesler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Environmental Protection Div., Lansing, Mich., Sebastian Patti, Office of Regional Counsel, Region V, E.P.A., Chicago, Ill., L. Michael Wicks, Peter Caplan, Asst. U.S. Atty., Chief, Civ. Div., Office of the U.S. Atty., Detroit, Mich., and Frank J. Kelley, Atty. Gen., and John C. Scherbarth, Asst. Atty. Gen., Environmental Protection Div., Lansing, Mich., for the U.S. and State of Mich.

James A. Smith, Bodman, Longley & Dahling, John P. Williams, Butzel, Long, Gust, Klein & Van Zile, Philip G. Tannian, Richard E. Hinks, Fildew, Hinks, Gilbride, Miller & Todd, Detroit, Mich., George Kircos, Ford Motor Co. World Headquarters, Dearborn, Mich., Robert H. Fredericks, Chief Deputy Drain Com'rs, Oakland County Drain Com'n, Pontiac, Mich., Avery K. Williams, Cooper, Fink & Zausmer, P.C., William P. Hampton, John M. Donohue, Kohl, Secrete, Wardle, Lynch, Clark & Hampton, P.C., Farmington Hills, Mich., William M. Misterovich, Mt. Clemens, Mich., Darryl F. Alexander, Asst. Corp. Counsel, City of Detroit Law Dept., Water & Sewerage Div., Tim Howlett, Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman, Karl R. Bennett, Jr., Stringari, Fritz, Kreger, Ahearn, Bennett & Hunsinger, P.C., Detroit, Mich., Peter J. Kelley, Kelley & Cramer, P.C., Ann Arbor, Mich., and Antoinette R. Raheem, Joseph M. Polito and Beth Gotthelf, Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn, P.C., Detroit, Mich., for Communities Severed by DWSD Treatment Plant.


OPINION AND ORDER

FEIKENS, District Judge.

Before me are Petitions for Declaratory Relief ("Petitions") filed by Wayne and Oakland Counties ("Counties"). The Counties request that I declare that as a matter of law, they are not the proper National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System ("NPDES") permittees. In the alternative, they request that I declare that the Michigan Department of Natural Resources ("MDNR") issue all NPDES permits jointly to the Counties...

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