Mealey's (December 16, 2016, 10:47 AM EST) -- PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A federal judge in Rhode Island on Dec. 13 dismissed with prejudice a Massachusetts-based environmental advocacy group’s lawsuit accusing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, its administrator and regional administrator of violating the Clean Water Act (CWA) by not requiring companies that discharge storm water into waterways of Rhode Island to obtain National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits, finding that the court lacked jurisdiction (Conservation Law Foundation v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et al., No. 15-165-ML, D. R.I.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 172117)....