Conservation Law Foundation, Inc. v. Case No. 1: 18-cv-00996-PB Scott Mason, Executive Director, New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, et al.

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2023
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The U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire awarded the Conservation Law Foundation $333,176.79 in attorneys’ fees and $23,195.93 in costs in connection with a Clean Water Act lawsuit against the State of New Hampshire alleging that the Powder Mill State Fish Hatchery was discharging pollutants in violation of the facility’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency intervened in the underlying lawsuit, filed in 2018, which resulted in a consent decree.

[To accompany Case Law Update "Conservation Group Awarded Over $300,000 in Attorneys’ Fees in CWA Lawsuit Against New Hampshire Fishery” from Brooks Animal Law Digest Issue No. 187]