Mealey's (February 4, 2019, 3:23 PM EST) -- TACOMA, Wash. — A federal judge in Washington on Jan. 31 stayed a lawsuit brought by an environmental group against the owners of a landfill over discharges of storm water that allegedly violate the Clean Water Act so the defendant companies could work with the Washington Department of Ecology to resolve uncertainties about the companies’ National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits (Puget Soundkeeper Alliance v. Pierce County Recycling, Composting & Disposal LLC, et al., No. C17-5731 BHS, W.D. Wash., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15736)....