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EPA appeals court ruling exempting farmyard runoff
December 30, 2013
By Bloomberg BNA
By Bloomberg BNA
December 30, 2013
By Bloomberg BNA
By Bloomberg BNA
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December 30, 2013 β The Environmental Protection Agency has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to review a district court ruling that said the agency canβt require farmers to obtain Clean Water Act discharge permits for agricultural stormwater runoff from farmyards.
The Dec. 23 appeal by the EPA follows an Oct. 23 ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia holding that stormwater runoff from litter and manure is exempt from National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permitting requirements under Section 402 of the Clean Water Act. READ MORE
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