EPA Touts Major Improvements In Cutting SNC Among NPDES Permittees

EPA is touting major improvements it has made in its efforts to reduce significant noncompliance (SNC) among facilities permitted under the Clean Water Act (CWA), advancing the agency’s goals under its National Compliance Initiative (NCI) as part of its fiscal year 2022-2026 strategic plan. The agency says that it reduced the national rate of SNC among National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permittees from 20.3 percent at the start of 2018 to 9 percent now, slightly more than its 2018...