Partisan EPW Split On CWA Groundwater Liability Imperils Legislative Fix

April 18, 2018
Partisan divisions on the Senate environment committee over whether the Clean Water Act (CWA) allows liability for pollution that travels through groundwater to surface waters are imperiling a potential legislative fix for the issue, with GOP lawmakers seeking a bill to prohibit such liability but lacking Democratic support for the effort. During an April 18 hearing of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY) and Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) agreed with industry and state witnesses...


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