ELR Citation: ELR 20221
No(s). 07-35266 (9th Cir. Aug 17, 2010)

The Ninth Circuit held that stormwater runoff from logging roads that is collected by and then discharged from a system of ditches, culverts, and channels is a point source discharge for which an NPDES permit is required. Accordingly, the court reversed a lower court decision dismissing an environme...