Ninth Circuit Vacates EPA Rule Excepting Oil and Gas Construction Discharges from NPDES Permitting
The Energy Law Blog
JUNE 25, 2008
The Ninth Circuit found EPA’s rule, which was a codification of a recent exemption added to the Clean Water Act (CWA or the Act), to be an impermissible interpretation of the Act. As for large construction activities, they previously required NPDES permits (prior to June 12, 2006). 06-73217 (9th Cir.
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