County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund

Decided April 23, 2020. Stephen Gerald Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 18-260 · 590 U.S. 165 · Cited 81 times

The Clean Water Act, which forbids “any addition” of any pollutant from “any point source” to “navigable waters” without the appropriate Environmental Protection Agency permit, 33 U. S. C. §§1311(a), 1362(12)(A), requires a permit when there is a direct discharge from a point source into navigable waters or when there is the functional equivalent of a direct discharge.

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