By Jeryl L. Olson, Rebecca A. Davis, Patrick D. Joyce, Ilana R. Morady, and Craig B. Simonsen
Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the 2021 Multi-Sector General Permit (“MSGP”) for industrial stormwater discharges on January 15, 2021. The 2021 MSGP became effective on March 1, 2021 and replaces the 2015 MSGP for
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By Andrew H. Perellis, Jeryl L. Olson, and Patrick D. Joyce
Seyfarth Synopsis: Rather than providing clarity, the Supreme Court introduced substantial uncertainty into the NPDES permitting process involving situations where a point source discharge first enters groundwater and then migrates some distance – short or long – before discharging into a “navigable water” that is subject
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By Philip L. Comella and Craig B. Simonsen
The Supreme Court held today in Los Angeles County Flood Control Dist. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., No. 11-460 (January 8, 2013), that the flow of water from an improved portion of a navigable waterway into an unimproved portion of the same waterway does not qualify as a “discharge of
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced its final 2010 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan (Plan), published at 76 Fed. Reg. 66286 (October 26, 2011). Members of the public are encouraged to submit comments on the proposed Plan.
EPA plans to develop effluent guidelines and standards for the discharge of wastewater from the Coalbed Methane Extraction
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