EPA VOW TO IMPROVE WET WEATHER DATA MAY CLASH WITH STATE CONCERNS

EPA is moving forward with plans to better track violations and enforcement of wet weather regulations -- and to make that information publicly available via a new water quality compliance database -- even as state officials say the new tracking system could place burdensome new reporting requirements on cash-strapped state water programs. State officials are also asking EPA to clarify some of the new system's reporting requirements in a forthcoming guidance defining when wet weather violations constitute significant noncompliance (SNC)...