Legal Opinion
In Re the Alexandria Lake Area Sanitary District NPDES/SDS Permit No. MN0040738
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided April 2, 2009No. A06-1371PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DIETZEN, Justice.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA or agency) reissued a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System/State Disposal System (NPDES) permit to Alexandria Lake Area Sanitary District (ALASD) that allowed ALASD to operate and expand its wastewater treatment facility. By writ of certiorari, the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (MCEA) challenged the MPCA’s decision, arguing that the effluent discharge authorized by the permit would increase the concentration of phosphorus in a lake that has been identified as impaired under the Clean Water Act. The…
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