Justice Department Memo Muddies EPA Enforcement of Water Permits (1)

摘要

Landowners who didn't seek federal permits before filling up wetlands or discharging pollutants into water-bodies don't know if they'll face prosecution following a recent Justice Department directive. "This is a very absurd situation" for permit seekers, Neal McAliley, an environmental attorney with Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, PA, said Feb. 9 at an American Law Institute-Continuing Legal Education conference.