EPA GRAPPLES WITH 'GREEN' STORMWATER MEASURES FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES

摘要

EPA is poised to issue guidance for federal agencies to use "green" infrastructure techniques to control stormwater runoff, but agency and other federal officials are still grappling with how to address lingering questions over how to enforce the guide, which implements 2007 energy law mandates for the technology.rnEnvironmentalists are floating several options to address the enforcement issue, including arguing that EPA could mandate the requirements in National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits under the Clean Water Act (CWA) or President Obama could issue an executive order giving EPA the authority to implement and enforce the measure.