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ARTICLE CONTENTS
[Pages 403-430]
TOP OF ARTICLE
Introduction
I. The Federal-State Relationship in the Enforcement of Federal Environmental Laws
A. Cooperative Federalism and Overfiling
B. Res Judicata
C. Upholding the Right to Overfile
II. Limits on EPA’s Overfiling Power
A. The Harmon Decision
1. RCRA Statutory Analysis
2. Res Judicata Analysis
B. Applying the Harmon Doctrine to Block Underfiling
III. Federal District Courts Limit the Application of the Harmon Doctrine
A. Overfiling Under the Clean Water Act
B. Overfiling Under the Clean Air Act
C. Overfiling After a State Settlement
IV. Circuit Court Split Develops
A. Statutory Analysis
B. Res Judicata
V. Analysis of Underfiling
A. The Legality of Underfiling
B. Policy Arguments for Underfiling
C. The Alternative of Intervention
Conclusion
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