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U.S. v. MICHIGAN

Nos. Civ.A. 77-71100, 87-70992.

261 F.Supp.2d 906 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant, and The 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, Intervening Rate Challengers, v. City of Auburn Hills, City of Ecorse, Lyon Township, City of Pontiac, City of Rochester Hills, City of River Rouge, Salem Township, Southfield Township, Superior Township, City of Walled Lake, City of Wixom, Ypsilanti Township, Oakland Township, Redford Township, Van Buren Township, Orchard Lake Village, City of Sterling Heights, City of Birmingham, City of Westland, City of Allen Park, City of Center Line, City of Fraser, Shelby Township, City of Grosse Pointe Park, City of Dearborn, City of Troy, Novi Township, Macomb Township, Clinton Township, Garden City, City of Livonia, Canton Township, City of Northville, City of Farmington Hills, City of Dearborn Heights, Lathrup Village, West Bloomfield Township, Waterford Township, City of Sylvan Lake, City of Bloomfield Hills, City of Ferndale, City of Novi, Village of Oxford, City of Royal Oak, City of Hazel Park, Pontiac Township, Independence Township, Orion Township, Oakland Comm. DPW, City of Utica, Royal Oak Township, City of Clawson, City of Huntington Woods, City of Plymouth, Harrison Township, County of Macomb, City of Wayne, Canton Township, Village of Clarkston, Township of Northville, Avon Township, Township of Plymouth, City of Grosse Pointe Farms, Washington Township, Chesterfield Township, Bruce Township, Village of Franklin, City of Farmington, Township of Oxford, City of Pleasant Ridge, Village of Romeo, Bloomfield Township, City of Keego Harbor, City of Grosse Pointe Woods, Defendants. United States of America and Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General for the State of Michigan, Ex rel Michigan Natural Resources Commission, and Director of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Plaintiffs, 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; City of Riverview; Southgate-Wyandotte Relief Drainage District; and Ecorse Creek Pollution Abatement Drain, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

May 5, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Mariani, Jr., Barbara A. Rogers, Jon M. Lipshultz, Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Washington, DC, L. Michael Wicks, U.S. Attorney's Office, Detroit, MI, for U.S.

Beth S. Gotthelf, Seyburn, Kahn, Southfield, MI, Dennis J. Donohue, Warner, Norcorss, Grand Rapids, MI, for Detroit chamber of Commerce.

Richard J. McClear, Mark D. Jacobs, Dykema Gossett, Detroit, MI, Darryl F. Alexander, Robert C. Walter, Detroit City Corp. Counsel, Detroit, MI, for City of Detroit.

Mark D. Jacobs, Dykema Gossett, Detroit, MI, Todd B. Adams, Mich. Dept. of Atty. Gen., Environmental Protection Div., Lansing, MI, John F. Leone, Mich. Dept. of Atty. General, Natural Resources Div., Lansing, MI, Pamela J. Stevenson, Mich. Dept. of Atty. Gen., Natural Resources and Environment Quality, Lansing, MI, for Detroit Water and Sewerage Dept.

William W. Misterovich, Mount Clemens, MI, R. Craig Hupp, James A. Smith, Bodman, Longley, Detroit, MI, for County of Macomb.

James R. Kohl, Novi, MI, James E. Tamm, O'Connor, DeGerazia, Bloomfield Hills, MI, C. Gerald Hemming, Hemming, Polaczyk, Inkster, MI, for Northville Township.

C. Gerald Hemming, Hemming, Polaczyk, Inkster, MI, for Township of Canton.

Timothy L. Cronin, Hemming, Polaczyk, Plymouth, MI, for Plymouth Township.

David W. Potts, Birmingham, MI, for Oakland County.

William K. Fahey, Foster, Swift, Lansing, MI, for Western Township Utilities Authority.

Sarah K. Osburn, Plunkett & Cooney, Detroit, MI, Charles E. Lowe, Lowe, Lewandowski, Plymouth, MI, for City of Plymouth.

David S. Steingold, David S. Steingold Assoc., Detroit, MI, for City of E corse.

John M. Donohue, Johnson, Rosati, Farmington Hills, Mi, for Township of Salem.

John J. Fildew, Charles S. Kennedy, III, Fildew Hinks, Detroit, MI, for City of Grosse Pointe.

G. Christopher Bernard, Detroit, MI, R. Craig Hupp, Kurt M. Brauer, Bodman, Longley, Detroit, MI, for County of Wayne.

Steven D. Liddle, Macuga & Liddle, Detroit, MI, for Food and Allied Industries Committee of Metropolitan Detroit.

Peter W. Macuga, II, Steven Liddle, Macuga & Liddle, Detroit, MI, for Production Plating, Inc.

Steven D. Liddle, Macuga & Liddle, Detroit, MI, for Detroit Area Laundry Pollution Control Group.

Laura B. Harris, Salamey Assoc., Dearborn, MI, Patrick B. McCauley, Sommers, Schwartz, Southfield, MI, Kurt L. Heise, Dearborn Heights, MI, for City of Dearborn Heights.

Stuart Trager, Salamey Assoc., Dearborn, MI, Barry A. Seifman, Barry A. Seifman Assoc., Farmington Hills, MI, for City of Romulus.

Annette M. Lang., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environmental Enforcement Section, Washington, DC, for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

ORDER DEFINING THE ROLE OF THE SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN CONSORTIUM FOR WATER QUALITY

FEIKENS, District Judge.

Background

I. Since 1977 I have had oversight responsibility as to water quality and pollution problems in the greater Detroit metropolitan area. That area consists principally of three major counties: Wayne, Oakland and Macomb. The City of Detroit, through its agency, the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD), furnishes...

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