EPA Agrees to Revisit Rules for Polluted Runoff

Federal court sets deadlines to address major sources of water pollution
EPA Agrees to Revisit Rules for Polluted Runoff
In a 2003, a federal court ordered EPA to correct and strengthen urban runoff rules for communities with populations under 100,000.

A federal court has approved a settlement in which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will update its national regulations for stormwater runoff, one of the nation’s largest sources of water pollution, by November 2016.

The EPA agreed to the deadline after the Natural...

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