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Exhibit MSD 18H3
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
and
STATE OF MISSOURI,
Plaintiffs,
v.
Case No. 4:07 -CV -1120 (JCH)
THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS
SEWER DISTRICT,
Defendant.
State of Missouri's Memorandum in Support of Motion to Dismiss Metropolitan St. Louis
Sewer District's Counterclaim and to Strike Affirmative Defenses
Factual Allegations
The complaint in this matter includes nine counts brought under federal law, each of
which relates in one way or another to the illegal discharge of raw sewage by MSD from
constructed sanitary sewer overflows, combined sanitary and storm water sewer overflows and
other point sources.
• The first claim seeks an injunction and civil penalties for violations of Section
301(a) of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. § 1311(a) caused by discharges of raw sewage
from constructed sanitary sewer overflows.
• The second claim seeks an injunction and civil penalties for violations of Sections
301(a) and 402 of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. § 1311(a) and 1342 for unpennitted
discharges from combined sewer overflows.
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