Legal Opinion
Decker v. Northwest Environmental Defense Center
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 20, 2013No. 11-338PublishedCited by 300 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kennedy
These cases present the question whether the Clean Water Act and its implementing regulations require permits before channeled stormwater runoff from logging roads can be discharged into the navigable waters of the United States. Under the statute and its implementing regulations, a permit is required if the discharges are deemed to be “associated with industrial activity.” 33 U. S. C. § 1342(p)(2)(B). The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency), with the responsibility to enforce the Act, has issued a regulation defining the term “associated with industrial activity” to cover only…
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