Advocates challenging state and local officials for their role in the Flint, MI, lead contamination crisis are rebutting the officials' attempt to dismiss the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) citizen suit, arguing the doctrines of primary jurisdiction and Eleventh Amendment limitations do not apply to their claims. In a March 31 filing in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, plaintiffs in Concerned Pastors for Social Action, et al. v. Nick A. Khouri, et al. say that contrary to state defendants' argument, an EPA emergency SDWA order does not shield the defendants from liability, nor does the order resolve the issues pending before the court.
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机译：提倡挑战州和地方官员在密西根州弗林特市铅污染危机中的角色的人正在反驳官员试图驳回《安全饮用水法》（SDWA）公民诉讼的尝试，认为主要管辖权原则和《第十一修正案》限制不适用他们的要求。在3月31日向美国密歇根州东区地方法院提交的文件中，有关社会行动的关注牧师的原告等人。诉Nick A. Khouri等人。表示与州被告的说法相反，EPA的SDWA紧急命令不能保护被告免于赔偿责任，也不能解决法院尚未解决的问题。
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