Environmental Group Sues Company Over Failure To Monitor Stormwater Discharges

(January 13, 2021, 2:08 PM EST) -- TACOMA, Wash. — Columbia Riverkeeper sued a metal fabricating company in federal court in Washington on Jan. 6, alleging that the company is in violation of two National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits because it is failing to monitor discharges of stormwater-containing pollutants such as zinc and copper that are reaching the Columbia River and that the company has failed to implement a stormwater pollution prevention program (SWPPP) that includes sufficient best management practices (BMPs) and that applies all known and reasonable methods of pollution prevention, control and treatment....

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