Vicki Smith of the Associated Press reports that an Atlanta attorney, William "Bo" Gray, has sent the DEP and Bureau of Public Health 60 day letters under the Clean Water Act, advising that he intends to sue West Virginia for allowing the direct discharge of sewage from homes into State waters. According to the story Mr. Gray represents a developer who was denied a sewage permit for some upscale housing, and then learned that there are thousands of "straight pipes" (those that run directly from someone's bathroom to a stream) in West Virginia. The State will have 60 days to commence an action of its own, or Mr. Gray may do so. If he's successful, he can recover attorneys fees.
A follow up AP report is found here
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