Chesapeake Bay Foundation v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.

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• noting that application of a state statute of limitations to citizen suits would be inconsistent with the five-year statute of limitations available for similar suits seeking identical relief initiated by the federal government pursuant to the Act
• holding that a five-year federal statute applies
• granting summary judgment, reasoning, in part, that “Congress in tended to keep enforcement actions simple and speedy”
• requirements of NPDES permits are binding in the absence of a timely challenged and may not be reopened in an enforcement action.

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