Imposing federal regulation and enforcement
The clean water act's "cooperative federalism" and the federal/state regulatory balance
The supremacy clause and federal preemption of state water quality law
Interstate water pollution, federal common law, and the clean water act
Sovereign immunity and state regulation of federal facilities and tribes
Limits on federal water quality regulation: the tenth amendment, the commerce clause, and clean water act "navigable waters"
Limiting federal and state enforcement of the clean water act: fifth and fourteenth amendment "takings" of private property
Imposition of citizen participation and enforcements
The second theme in congress' restructuring of the federal water pollution control act: the addition of citizen participation and citizen suits
Article III separation of powers, standing, and the rejection of a "public rights" model of environmental citizen suits
Citizen suits against the federal government and tribes
Citizen suits against states and territories and the eleventh amendment
Article II separation of powers and the president's enforcement right.
