NAS Convenes Panel To Inform Trump EPA Reform Of Stormwater Permit

A National Academy of Sciences (NAS) panel tasked with studying options for strengthening EPA's Clean Water Act (CWA) general permit for industrial stormwater has announced its first meeting, which will pose a test for whether the Trump administration might expand the permit to other sectors or revise the permit's mandates. EPA is commissioning the study as part of a 2016 out-of-court settlement negotiated by the agency, environmentalists and a broad array of industry groups to resolve litigation over the 2015...