Legal Opinion
Opinion No. Oag 31-79, (1979)
Wisconsin Attorney General Reports
Decided March 14, 1979PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANTHONY S. EARL, Secretary Department of Natural Resources
You have requested my opinion on several matters which relate to the capacity of a joint sewerage commission under Wisconsin law to meet federal requirements for the discharge of pollutants from a publicly owned treatment work (POTW). Most of the requirements of concern have their analog in Wisconsin law. ch. 147, Stats.
Under this chapter the discharge of certain pollutants is prohibited. Discharge of those pollutants which are not expressly prohibited may be undertaken if the discharger first receives a Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Village of Butler v. Renner Manufacturing Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1975