摘要：Congress has passed a number of acts designed to protect the environment and/or human health, including theClean Air Act, [FN1] the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (also known as the Clean Water Act or FWPCA),[FN2] the Endangered Species Act of 1973, [FN3] the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Resource Conservation andRecovery Act of 1976 (RCRA), [FN4] the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and LiabilityAct of 1980 (CERCLA), [FN5] the Safe Drinking Water Act, [FN6] and the Emergency Planning and CommunityRight-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA), [FN7] among others. As part of these environmental protections, Congresshas allowed citizens to sue alleged violators, *106 including state and federal agencies, to enforce some or all ofthese requirements. Such suits are known as environmental citizen suits
