Legal Opinion
Puget Soundkeeper Alliance v. State
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided September 18, 2000No. 44762-9-IPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAgid, C.J.
— RCW 90.48.520 requires that wastewater discharge permits issued under the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and Washington’s water pollution control act (WPCA) include conditions requiring the permit holder to use all known, available, and reasonable methods to control toxicants in that wastewater. The Department of Ecology (DOE) issued a permit to Tesoro Northwest Company (Tesoro) that includes a combination of numeric effluent limits and narrative conditions to ensure that this requirement is met. Because the plant often operates well below the numeric discharge limits specified in the…
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