EPA’s Recent Clean Water Act Guidance to Implement the Supreme Court’s Maui Decision
By EsqSocial Corporation 17/12/20
On April 23, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a groundbreaking ruling in County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund, 140 S. Ct. 1462 (2020), holding that a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit under the Clean Water Act (CWA) may be required not only for a direct discharge from a point source into navigable waters but also for a “functional equivalent” of a direct discharge. Following this decision, on December 4, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection...
By: Wiley Rein LLP