ELR Citation: ELR 20163
No(s). 04-1544 (9th Cir. Aug 10, 2006)

The court holds that a city that discharges wastewater without a national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit into a pond that contains wetlands adjacent to a river violates the Clean Water Act (CWA). In light of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Rapanos v. United States, 126 S....