J. Craig Williams points out that the Environmental Protection
Agency's new agreement
with animal - feeding operations gives the farms «
immunity from Clean Air Act civil fines and penalties in exchange for the farms» agreement to submit air quality data and pay a one - time fine.»
No provision of this section, or of any other section of the Florida Statutes, whether read separately or in conjunction
with any other provision, shall be construed to waive the
immunity of the state or any of its
agencies from suit in federal court, as such
immunity is guaranteed by the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, unless such waiver is explicitly and definitely stated to be a waiver of the
immunity of the state and its
agencies from suit in federal court.