Whether Logging Road Runoff Requires a Clean Water Act Permit : Decker v. Northwest Environmental Defense Center.

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Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division.

Contributor:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judge-made law.

Environmental law.

Licenses.

Water--Pollution.

Water.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (12 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.

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text file

Summary:

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 12-R4-2587 in the 2012 issue.

Examines Decker v. Northwest Environmental Defense Center , addressing whether logging road runoff from rain or snow requires a permit under the Clean Water Act. Provides statutory and regulatory background of Decker , and describes Supreme Court decision supporting long-standing EPA reading of its Industrial Stormwater Rule stating that logging road runoff, even if channeled, does not require a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit. Reviews related developments in lower courts, and addresses legal and programmatic implications.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed May 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

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