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15 USC § 2619 - Citizens’ civil actions
In general Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, any person may commence a civil action—
any other governmental instrumentality or agency to the extent permitted by the eleventh amendment to the Constitution) who is alleged to be in violation of this chapter or any rule promulgated under section 2603, 2604, or 2605 of this title, or subchapter II or IV of this chapter, or order issued under section 2604 of this title or subchapter II or IV of this chapter to restrain such violation, or
Limitation No civil action may be commenced—
under subsection (a)(1) of this section to restrain a violation of this chapter or rule or order under this chapter—
before the expiration of 60 days after the plaintiff has given notice of such violation (i)
to the Administrator, and (ii)
to the person who is alleged to have committed such violation, or
if the Administrator has commenced and is diligently prosecuting a proceeding for the issuance of an order under section 2615
(a)(2) of this title to require compliance with this chapter or with such rule or order or if the Attorney General has commenced and is diligently prosecuting a civil action in a court of the United States to require compliance with this chapter or with such rule or order, but if such proceeding or civil action is commenced after the giving of notice, any person giving such notice may intervene as a matter of right in such proceeding or action; or
under subsection (a)(2) of this section before the expiration of 60 days after the plaintiff has given notice to the Administrator of the alleged failure of the Administrator to perform an act or duty which is the basis for such action or, in the case of an action under such subsection for the failure of the Administrator to file an action under section 2606 of this title, before the expiration of ten days after such notification.
The court, in issuing any final order in any action brought pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, may award costs of suit and reasonable fees for attorneys and expert witnesses if the court determines that such an award is appropriate. Any court, in issuing its decision in an action brought to review such an order, may award costs of suit and reasonable fees for attorneys if the court determines that such an award is appropriate.
Consolidation When two or more civil actions brought under subsection (a) of this section involving the same defendant and the same issues or violations are pending in two or more judicial districts, such pending actions, upon application of such defendants to such actions which is made to a court in which any such action is brought, may, if such court in its discretion so decides, be consolidated for trial by order (issued after giving all parties reasonable notice and opportunity to be heard) of such court and tried in—
(Pub. L. 94–469, title I, § 20,Oct. 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 2041; renumbered title I and amended Pub. L. 99–519, § 3(b)(3), (c)(1),Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2989; Pub. L. 102–550, title X, § 1021(b)(9),Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3923.)
1992—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 102–550substituted “subchapter II or IV of this chapter” for “subchapter II of this chapter” in two places.
1986—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 99–519inserted references to subchapter II of this chapter.
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