EPA, STATES FAIL TO RESOLVE DISPUTE OVER CLEAN WATER ACT PERMIT

EPA and two Southeastern states have failed to resolve a long-standing dispute over a Clean Water Act permit which would set tough new discharge limits on a paper facility, and as a result, the issue is now being discussed among top EPA and administration officials. Some observers are urging EPA to resolve the dispute by requiring, for the first time, that the facility obtain a strict enforceable permit that limits its ability to discharge color into surrounding waters. At the...