Questions Loom For Federal Facilities Subject To New Stormwater Fee Law

Questions loom for federal facilities that are subject to a new law requiring them to pay local fees to clean up their stormwater, including whether DOD and other government agencies must pay retroactive fees, how to determine if the fees are fairly assessed, and whether the funds for the fees must be secured through a special appropriations process, lawmakers and officials say. The new measure, which was signed into law Jan. 4, requires federal facilities to pay stormwater management fees...