Environmentalists Cite Maui To Push For Stricter CWA Permit Enforcement

Environmentalists who are urging a federal court to reject a draft enforcement agreement between EPA and a steel company for being too lax are citing a recent Supreme Court ruling to argue that the pact fails to address contaminated wastewater that seeped into groundwater and made its way into navigable waters just a few feet away. The high court’s ruling in County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, et al. “is relevant” to the U.S. District Court for the...