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Justices Say Oregon Loggers Don’t Need Permits for Water Runoff
Posted by New York Times: Adam Liptak on March 20th, 2013
New York Times: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that logging companies and forestry officials in Oregon were not required to obtain permits from the Environmental Protection Agency for storm-water runoff from logging roads. The decision was a blow to conservationists who had used the permit process to block the silty runoff from logging, which they said choked forest streams. The ruling also suggested that at least some members of the court may be open to a fundamental re-examination of how federal courts...
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