EPA: Clean Water Act Does Not Apply To Pollutants Released Into Groundwater

Mealey's (April 22, 2019, 7:18 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Environmental Protection Agency on April 15 issued an interpretive statement clarifying the application of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and concluded that releases of pollutants into groundwater are “categorically excluded” from the CWA’s permitting requirements because Congress “explicitly left regulation of discharges to groundwater” to the states and to the EPA under other statutory authorities....