EPA Region 3 Chief Touts Modified D.C. Sewer Decree As National Model

EPA Region 3 Administrator Shawn Garvin says a new agency proposal to add green infrastructure requirements to its consent decree with Washington, D.C., to limit combined sewer overflows (CSOs) is a national model for integrating traditional and green infrastructure in enforceable settlements that other communities can follow. However, Garvin said at a May 20 press conference that the agency will not be issuing new guidance or rulemaking on the issue, and instead will seek to incorporate the approach in other...