August 05, 2024
An El Paso, Texas, water utility is moving to end a lawsuit against the New Mexico Environment Department that challenged two compliance orders and a nearly $1.3 million penalty imposed against it over sewage diversions into the Rio Grande.
July 19, 2023
New Mexico environmental regulators must face allegations they exceeded their authority by penalizing El Paso, Texas, nearly $1.3 million for dumping raw sewage into the Rio Grande, according to a Lone Star federal judge.
March 13, 2023
New Mexico's environmental regulator told a federal judge on Monday that it can't face a lawsuit by the city of El Paso, Texas, because it is not pushing laws from the Lone Star State as a way to force the municipality to pay $1.3 million for violating regulations set by the Land of Enchantment.
December 14, 2022
The city of El Paso's utility wants a Texas federal judge to throw out two compliance orders and a nearly $1.3 million penalty the New Mexico Environment Department lodged against it for diverting sewage into the Rio Grande for months as it repaired a broken sewer line.