Utilities Ask Supreme Court to Overturn Ruling on Liability for L.A. County Stormwater

摘要

New York City and groups representing water utilities have filed a brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a March 2011 appeals court ruling that the Los Angeles Flood Control District was liable under the Clean Water Act because it directed contaminated runoff through its storm drains into rivers, harbors, and eventually the Pacific Ocean without a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit (Los Angeles County Flood Control District v. NRDC, U.S., No. 11-460, brief filed 9/11/12).