EPA Issues Draft Memorandum to Clarify Supreme Court Decision on Clean Water Act Permit Program

Summary

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing a draft memorandum to help the regulated community and permitting authorities apply the recent Supreme Court ruling in County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund to the Clean Water Act Section 402 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program, which governs point source discharges that travel through groundwater before reaching US waters.