Industry Urges EPA To Drop Turbidity Monitoring In Construction Permit

Two broad industry coalitions are jointly urging EPA to drop plans for adding numeric turbidity monitoring to certain activities covered by a Clean Water Act (CWA) general permit for construction, warning the proposed monitoring value is more stringent than numeric turbidity limits EPA was forced to abandon in 2014. In joint comments on EPA’s proposal, the Federal Water Quality Coalition (FWQC) and the Federal StormWater Association (FSWA), whose members include manufacturing, construction, agricultural and municipal groups, take issue with having...