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Supreme Court limits DNR’s power
By: Associated Press//March 23, 2011//
Listen to this articleMADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court says the state does not have the authority to determine whether state-issued water pollution permits comply with federal law.
The court’s 5-2 ruling Wednesday comes in the case of environmentalists who argued a permit was improperly issued in 2005 to Georgia-Pacific‘s Broadway Mill in Green Bay.
According to the court, the state Department of Natural Resources was not required under Wisconsin law to hold a hearing on complaints that the permit failed to comply with the federal Clean Water Act related to phosphorous discharge levels.
The ruling reverses a 2008 appeals court decision that said the DNR could determine whether state-issued permits comply with federal law.
The court said that determination rests with the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
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