Why United States Clean Water Act Citizen Suit Provision Is More Difficult to Implement Today?
Why United States Clean Water Act Citizen Suit Provision Is More Difficult to Implement Today?
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Birleşik Devletler’de su kalitesini düzenleyen iki temel yasadan biri olan Temiz Su Yasası, yüzey sularının bütünlüğünü korumak adına, teknik araçlar ve finansal yardım sağlayarak, ulusal kirlilik kontrol standartları için kapsamlı bir çerçeve oluşturur. Yasa, federal ve eyalet hükümetlerine Yasa’nın gerekliliklerini ve standartlarını öncelikli uygulama yetkisi verirken, vatandaşlar yanlızca hükümet otoritelerini tamamlayıcı olarak hareket etme yetkisine sahiptir. Fakat, hükümet uygulama araçları yeterli ve verimli bir koruma sağlamadığı için, Yasa kapsamındaki vatandaş davaları ülkenin sularının korunması açısından önemli bir uygulama aracı haline gelmiştir. Bu çalışma, vatandaşların veya çevre kuruluşlarının Temiz Su Yasası vatandaş davaları hükmüne dayanarak açtıkları davalarda karşılaştıkları zorlukları inceleyerek, ilgili hükmün uygulanabilirliğinin günümüzde daha zor olduğunu savunur.
As a one of the two major statutes governing water quality in the UnitedStates, the Clean Water Act, establishes a comprehensive framework for nationalpollution control standards by providing technical tools and financial assistance inorder to protect the integrity of surface waters. The Act itself authorizes the federalgovernment and the state governments to primarily enforce the Act’s requirementsand standards while citizens only act as a supplement to the governmental authority.However, due to the lack of sufficient and efficient governmental enforcementactivities, citizen suits under the Act have become an important enforcement tools toensure the protection of the nation’s waters. This study analyzes the challenges thatcitizens or environmental organizations have faced while taking actions under thecitizen suit provision of the Clean Water Act and argues that this provision is moredifficult to litigate today.
As a one of the two major statutes governing water quality in the UnitedStates, the Clean Water Act, establishes a comprehensive framework for nationalpollution control standards by providing technical tools and financial assistance inorder to protect the integrity of surface waters. The Act itself authorizes the federalgovernment and the state governments to primarily enforce the Act’s requirementsand standards while citizens only act as a supplement to the governmental authority.However, due to the lack of sufficient and efficient governmental enforcementactivities, citizen suits under the Act have become an important enforcement tools toensure the protection of the nation’s waters. This study analyzes the challenges thatcitizens or environmental organizations have faced while taking actions under thecitizen suit provision of the Clean Water Act and argues that this provision is moredifficult to litigate today.
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Volume
21
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2
Start Page
1645
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1679
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