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DECISION AND ORDER

*1  This case is before the Court on the Defendants’ objections to Magistrate Judge H. Kenneth Schroeder, Jr.’s Report and Recommendation, which recommends (1) dismissing the third-party complaint as to most of the Third Party Defendants, and (2) denying the Defendants’ motion for leave to amend the third-party complaint. For the reasons stated below, the Court adopts the Report and Recommendation.BACKGROUNDThis is a Clean Water Act (CWA) enforcement action brought by the United States. The United States’ complaint alleges that the Defendants, and/or others acting at the Defendants’ direction, or with their consent and knowledge, unlawfully discharged “fill material” — such as rock, soil, and construction debris — into wetlands that are owned by the Defendants and which fall within the definition of “waters of the United States,” 33 U.S.C. §1362(7), as that term is defined by regulation.The United States’ complaint contains two causes of action. First, the United States alleges that the Defendants, and/or others acting at the Defendants’ direction, or with their knowledge and consent, engaged in “unauthorized discharges” by “filling…approximately 16.5 acres of Impacted Wetlands without a permit.” Complaint

 
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