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The circuits are split on whether the reach of the CWA extends to groundwater.<\/p>\n

By Karen Aldridge Crawford<\/h6>\n

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Unless you live under a rock, you have likely heard the news and political debates over Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction. You have likely heard about the Obama administration\u2019s attempt to redefine \u201cnavigable waters\u201d in a rule that greatly extended the reach of CWA jurisdiction\u2014known as the WOTUS rule\u2014and that has been the subject of much litigation. Under the Trump administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is repealing that rule.<\/span><\/section>\n<\/div>\n
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More recently, however, the U.S. Supreme Court was asked to determine a different question involving a different water resource: whether the CWA provides authority for regulation of discharges to groundwater.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>[\/et_pb_cta][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The circuits are split on whether the reach of the CWA extends to groundwater. By Karen Aldridge Crawford   Unless you live under a rock, you have likely heard the news and political debates over Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction. You have likely heard about the Obama administration\u2019s attempt to redefine \u201cnavigable waters\u201d in a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\n

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Posted on March 21, 2013 by Karen Crawford<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The EPA issued its long-awaited CISWI Rule in the Federal Register on February 7, 2013. 78 FR 9112. The final rule, entitled \u201cCommercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units;
Reconsideration and Final Amendments; Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials That Are Solid
Waste,\u201d contains the provisions in EPA\u2019s 2011 rule, vacated in January 2012, that EPA agreed to
reconsider. The 2011 final rule in turn superseded EPA\u2019s 2000 CISWI rule. The new CISWI Rule
amends 40 CFR part 60 subparts CCCC and DDDD and part 241. The amendments to 40 CFR part 60 subpart DDDD, along with certain incorporations by reference, were effective on the
promulgation date; amendments to part 60 subpart CCCC are effective August 7, 2013, and those to 40 CFR part 241 are effective April 8, 2013.
In response to both the court\u2019s vacatur of a Notice of Delay issued in 2011 and the numerous petitions for reconsideration and comments submitted by the regulated community and the
public, the final rule includes three subcategories of ERUs (energy recovery units) and two
subcategories for waste-burning kilns based on design-type differences, with separate carbon
monoxide (CO) limits for the latter. Certain limits were also revised based on comments
regarding the CO span methodology and on incorporation of additional data. The rule establishes
stack testing and continuous monitoring requirements and allows for the use of continuous
emissions monitoring systems (CEMS), setting levels based on a 3 hour block or 30-day rolling
average (depending on the parameter and subcategory of CISWI).
The rule addresses and preserves a source\u2019s choice to cease or start combusting solid waste at
any time due to market conditions or other reasons, and to switch from one set of applicable
emission standards to another pursuant to CAA section 112, thereby amending the original \"once
in always in\" approach reflected in the earlier versions of this rule. This in turn will provide an
incentive to the regulated community to continue operating incinerators.
The deadline for compliance with the CISWI Rule by existing sources depends primarily on when the state implementation plan incorporating the final rule is approved, with such approval
required no later than five years after the February 7, 2013 Federal Register publication date. The effective date for new source compliance is August 7, 2013 or the date of startup, whichever date is later. New sources are defined as sources that began construction on or after June 4, 2010, or commenced reconstruction or modification after August 7, 2013.<\/p>\n","_et_gb_content_width":"793","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nSo, You Live under a Rock? 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