Appeals Court Upholds EPA's Storm Water General Permit

Environment News Service, June, 2005

WASHINGTON, DC (ENS) — --> The National Association of Home Builders and Wisconsin Builders Association are proclaiming victory after a ruling in a federal appeals court last week upheld the federal government's method for regulating storm water discharges from construction sites under the Clean Water Act.

The June 13 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, in Chicago, affects the home building, general construction, mining, and agricultural industries.

The decision in the case of Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association, et al. v. EPA, addresses whether the public has the right to review each individual storm water management plan created under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Construction General Permit program....

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