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Santa Monica Baykeeper tells council it has asked federal court to resume litigation over city sewage spills
Summary
Santa Monica Baykeeper informed the council it has asked a federal court to allow litigation to proceed against the city for sewage spills, provided a proposed settlement agreement to councilmembers and said negotiations with the city attorney and Bureau of Sanitation had stalled.
Steve Fleischley, executive director of the Santa Monica Baykeeper, told the Los Angeles City Council the environmental group has asked a federal judge to allow litigation to proceed over alleged sewage spills from the city’s system.
Fleischley said the group sued the city in 1998 for sewage discharges into rivers and the Santa Monica Bay and that litigation had been stayed while the…
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