DC PERMIT DISPUTE REVIVES DEBATE OVER CSO COMPLIANCE SCHEDULES

摘要

In an effort that could set a national precedent, the Washington, DC, wastewater treatment authority is appealing an EPA discharge permit, seeking to include a compliance schedule for reducing combined sewer overflows (CSOs) in the permit providing a "permit shield" against citizen suits.rnAt issue is whether EPA can and should include compliance schedules of long-term control plans (LTCPs) in National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits, when current regulations only require the agency to include them in enforcement consent decrees.