U.S. v. COMUNIDADES UNIDAS CONTRA LA CONTAMINACION

No. 99-1752.

204 F.3d 275 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. COMUNIDADES UNIDAS CONTRA LA CONTAMINACION, Plaintiff-Intervenor, Appellant, v. Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 25, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ana L. Toledo for appellant.

Mark R. Haag, Attorney, Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, with whom Lois J. Schiffer, Assistant Attorney General, Peter Flynn and Andrew Mergen, Attorneys, Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division were on brief for the United States.

Melissa H. Maxman with whom Sandra A. Jeskie, Lawrence W. Diamond, Marco A. Gonzalez, Terry Philip Segal, Richard M. Wong, and John Uphoff-Figueroa were on brief for Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN and CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judges.


COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an end note to wide-ranging, lengthy, and technically complex litigation begun in 1993 by the United States against the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) for violations of some five federal environmental statutes committed at its four electric generating power plants and one transmission center. The two parties finally succeeded in negotiating an agreement that was converted by district court approval into a consent...

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