Former EPA Official Warns Maui Guide Deviates From SCOTUS Decision

A former top Trump EPA official is warning that the agency’s recently released draft guide for how it plans to apply the Supreme Court’s landmark Maui decision governing Clean Water Act (CWA) permits for groundwater discharges deviates from the court’s ruling and includes language more appropriate for a binding rule rather than non-binding guidance. Susan Bodine, chief of EPA’s enforcement office during the Trump administration and now at Earth & Water Law, said in a Nov. 27 blog post...