Cities Chafe at Clean Water Rules for L.A.'s Concrete River

摘要

The L.A. River may be the perfect setting for Hollywood-style car chases, but it's not your typical river and shouldn't be treated like one under the law, a group of Southern California municipalities says. They want the federal government to exclude the concrete-lined Los Angeles River and its paved tributaries from Clean Water Act requirements under an upcoming regulation, a move they say could save them from spending billions of dollars on stormwater controls.