Environmentalists Charge Texas Discharge Permitting Program Violates CWA

More than 20 environmental groups are asking EPA to either force Texas to correct alleged flaws in its delegated Clean Water Act (CWA) permitting program or withdraw the state’s ability to issue National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits, charging that several elements of its program violate key provisions of the CWA. The Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) “program is deficient due to the failure to ensure that permit applications comply with a Tier II review, failure to ensure...