Justices Question Whether EPA Rule Negates Need for Review of Stormwater Case

摘要

U.S. Supreme Court justices questioned in oral arguments Dec. 3 whether they should continue to review an appeals court decision that required logging roads to obtain stormwater discharge permits, in light of a recently issued rule that carves out a Clean Water Act exemption for logging roads (Decker v. Northwest Environmental Defense Center, U.S., No. 11-338, oral arguments 12/3/12).