ELR Citation: 44 ELR 20180
No(s). 10-cv-00231 (D. Wyo. Jul 31, 2014) (Johnson, J.)

A district court upheld a jury verdict that a Wyoming farmer who discharged material into a creek on his property without a permit was exempt from the CWA's permitting requirements. Below, the jury found in the farmer's activities fell under the CWA's "normal farming and ranching activities" exempti...