Ninth Circuit Decision Expands CWA to Indirect Discharges to Navigable Water
by Mark D. Johnson On February 1, 2018, the 9th Circuit issued its ruling in Hawai’i Wildlife Fund v. County of Maui that expands coverage under the Federal Clean Water Act (CWA) to discharges of contaminants to groundwater that travel through groundwater to a “navigable water.” In Hawai’i, the Court found that underground injection wells […]
Mark D. Johnson
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