6th Circuit Urged To Reverse Decision Rejecting CWA Groundwater Liability

Environmentalists are asking the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit to reverse a panel's decision that rejected Clean Water Act (CWA) liability for pollution that travels through groundwater to protected surface waters, saying that ruling conflicts with the court's landmark decision requiring CWA permits for pesticide sprayers. If the court agrees to rehear Tennessee Clean Water Network (TCWN), et al., v. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), it would not only undo a major win for industry groups...