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EPA Releases Interpretative Statement to Clarify CWA NPDES Permit Program Regulations

Fri Aug 9th, On Environmental Law, by

On April 23, 2019, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released an interpretative statement to clarify whether the permit program under the Clean Water Act (CWA) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) applies to pollutants released from point source to groundwater.  The statement was created in response to the 50,000 comments received under the federal register notice posted on February 20, 2018.  After careful consideration of the public comments […]

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