33 U.S.C. § 1366
Section 1366 · Appearance
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 732 F. Supp. 458 - Dague v. City of Burlington (1989)
Most recently applied in 777 F. Supp. 1032 - Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group v. ICI Americas Inc. (November 1991)
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The Administrator shall request the Attorney General to appear and represent the United States in any civil or criminal action instituted under this chapter to which the Administrator is a party. Unless the Attorney General notifies the Administrator within a reasonable time, that he will appear in a civil action, attorneys who are officers or employees of the Environmental Protection Agency shall appear and represent the United States in such action.