In Possible Precedent, Navy Agrees To Seek NPDES Permit For Munitions

For the first time in decades, environmentalists have succeeded in forcing the Navy to agree to seek a national pollution discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit for discharges of spent ammunition and other equipment, setting a precedent for how such discharges could be subject to future Clean Water Act (CWA) permit coverage. Parties in the suit Potomac Riverkeeper, Inc., et al., v. United States Department of the Navy filed a Jan. 8 motion for entry of consent decree to the...