EPA Rejects CWA Limits On Groundwater Pollution Ahead Of High Court Case

EPA in a new guidance document says pollution releases to groundwater should never be subject to Clean Water Act (CWA) permit limits even if they contaminate protected surface waters, a move that could help secure deference for industry and wastewater utilities’ position in a pending Supreme Court case set to begin merits briefing on May 8. The agency quietly posted a pre-publication Federal Register notice on groundwater pollution to its website on April 15, over a year after it...