EPA Issues Runoff, Waste Water Rules
Two new clean water rules from the Environmental Protection Agency are likely to have a significant effect on trucking companies’ bottom lines — one that may save money and another that could be costly.
Industry officials said that without the exemption, storm water permitting would have required that companies invest a substantial amount of time and money.
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The good news for trucking is the implementation, effective Feb. 7, of a “no-exposure” exemption to the federal storm water runoff permitting requirement as part of Phase II of the government’s storm water program.
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Phase II of EPA’s program, which was announced Nov. 1, addressed storm sewer systems in urban areas with populations of fewer than 100,000 people (1990’s Phase I had targeted larger municipalities).
