‘Thousands’ Could Evade Permits If EPA Groundwater Stance Prevails

Former EPA officials are urging the Supreme Court to reject the Trump administration’s newly crafted position that pollution in groundwater can never be subject to Clean Water Act (CWA) requirements, saying it contradicts existing agency policies and, if endorsed by the court, could leave pollution from “thousands” of dischargers unregulated. In a pair of amicus briefs in County of Maui v. Hawai'i Wildlife Fund, et al. , a bipartisan group of three former EPA administrators and a group of...