The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District plans to spend $4.7 billion over 23 years to settle a federal lawsuit filed by the Environmental Protection Agency over violations of the Clean Water Act.

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A mysterious trench and a federal lawsuit against the company set to build an iron ore smelter in Crystal City has raised more concerns among anti-smelter citizens. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is suing Upland Wings Inc. for violating ...

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Usually, a court’s opinion is its final word on the matter. But every so often it will take something back. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has retracted a footnote in an opinion that an attorney on the losing ...

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A group of seven businesses in Missouri, including giants Anheuser-Busch, Monsanto and Boeing Co., were again denied a motion to intervene in a Clean Water Act enforcement action filed against the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District by the federal and state governments, according to a federal appeals court ruling Monday. The United States and the state of Missouri filed a complaint alleging the St. Louis sewer district discharged raw sewage into local waterways from 2000 to 2005.

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The federal government and the city of Independence have reached a settlement aimed to force improvements to the city's sewer system. Under the proposed settlement filed in U.S. District Court in Kansas City last week, Independence agreed to make improvements to its sewer system to end the sewage overflows. The EPA estimates the cost of those improvements at $35 million.

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