03-01-2018, 12:19 PM
http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2018/03/0...discharge/
The Feb. 1 ruling by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said sewer systems that discharge effluent into the ocean, even if it arrives there through groundwater, are required to have a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit.
Ruling here:
http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...-17447.pdf
One analysis here:
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/environ...tanks.html
Entirely possible (but as yet not litigated; no ruling nor precedent set) that a septic system would qualify as a "point source" and therefore be subject to regulation under the Clean Water Act.
State really should have gotten out in front of this, but of course it's always easier to find funding for an "emergency" and/or "Federal compliance".
The Feb. 1 ruling by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said sewer systems that discharge effluent into the ocean, even if it arrives there through groundwater, are required to have a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit.
Ruling here:
http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...-17447.pdf
One analysis here:
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/environ...tanks.html
Entirely possible (but as yet not litigated; no ruling nor precedent set) that a septic system would qualify as a "point source" and therefore be subject to regulation under the Clean Water Act.
State really should have gotten out in front of this, but of course it's always easier to find funding for an "emergency" and/or "Federal compliance".