Hawaii Federal Judge: Drain Leading To Pacific Ocean Is Point Source Under CWA

(June 16, 2023, 10:09 AM EDT) -- HONOLULU — Two environmental groups are entitled to summary judgment on their claim of a Clean Water Act (CWA) violation against a state and a local agency because the agencies failed to show that a drain where the alleged pollution entered the Pacific Ocean was not a “point source” under the law, a Hawaii federal judge held in granting the groups’ motion for summary judgment....