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Ground-water banking working in neighboring state (AG Weekly)

BOISE, Idaho — Ground water banking can work as long as the financial metaphor is carried all the way to the formation of an open-market system to govern the process. Read more detail on Legal News Directory – Banking and … Continue reading

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EPA Releases Interpretive Statement on whether CWA NPDES Permit Program Applies to Releases of a Pollutant from a Point Source to Groundwater

By James V. Aidala and Susan M. Kirsch On April 23, 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it was making available its Interpretive Statement addressing whether the Clean Water Act’s (CWA) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit … Continue reading

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Proposed Amendment to Southern Utah Valley Groundwater Plan

The Utah Division of Water Rights has issued notice of a proposed amendment to the Utah/Goshen Valley Ground-Water Management Plan. The amendment involves the Ensign-Bickford water contamination plume near Mapleton. Pursuant to the notice, the amendment will not be adopted … Continue reading

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Recent Cases Find CWA Jurisdiction over Point Source Discharges Passing through Groundwater

On April 12, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated a district court’s judgment and held that a discharge that passed from a point source through groundwater to navigable waters could support a Clean Water … Continue reading

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Another Ruling that Discharges to Groundwater May Be Subject to the Clean Water Act

Last week, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals – not the most liberal court in the land – joined the 9th Circuit in ruling that discharges from a point source to groundwater can be subject to the Clean Water Act.  … Continue reading

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