MRSC Insight Blog
Posts for Storm and Surface Water Management
August 8, 2012
by
Pat Mason
Category:
Storm and Surface Water Management
A significant case decided last May resulted in a major victory for local governments in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The case determined that federal agencies must pay local governments “reasonable service charges” for stormwater pollution control. Some federal agencies had been paying such fees, but others had refused to pay based on the principle of...