EPA Submits Controversial CWA Aerial Firefighting Permit For OMB Review

The White House has begun formal review of EPA’s controversial Clean Water Act (CWA) discharge permit for the U.S. Forest Service’s (USFS) aerial discharges of fire retardant into navigable waters of the United States, though the measure faces an uncertain future under the incoming Trump administration and Republican Congress. EPA on Dec. 5 sent to the Office of Management & Budget (OMB) its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Wildfire General Permit for aerial discharges of fire retardant, a measure...