Maryland County Asks High Court To Reverse Strict State MS4 Permit Ruling

A Maryland county is asking the Supreme Court to overturn a novel ruling from the state’s high court that the county says improperly expands the scope of a Clean Water Act (CWA) stormwater permit to make the county responsible for stormwater runoff outside of its control and prevents judicial review of the stormwater system’s regulatory classification. In its petition to the Supreme Court last month, Carroll County says the ruling in Maryland Department of the Environment v. County Commissioners...