hydrological connection
Conservation Law Foundation v. Longwood Venues & Destinations, Inc.
ELR Case
A district court upheld EPA's interpretation that the CWA does not regulate discharges into groundwater that is hydrologically connected to navigable waters in a lawsuit concerning a wastewater treatment facility on Cape Cod. An...
Tennessee Clean Water Network v. Tennessee Valley Authority
ELR Case
The Sixth Circuit held that seepage from a coal-fired power plant adjacent to the Cumberland River did not violate the CWA. Environmental groups argued that the plant violated the CWA by leaking pollutants without a permit from its...