Post by Logan on Apr 17, 2016 17:10:55 GMT -6
State environmental officials enacted emergency interim stormwater regulations Friday afternoon in the wake of the state Supreme Court decision upholding a 2015 Superior Court ruling that the agency ignored the law when it enacted new stormwater- and sediment-control regulations.
DNREC's move reinstates the contested 2014 regulations that were invalidated by Friday's Supreme Court decision.
In a prepared statement, environmental officials said neither court decision provided guidance about how the state agency should handle stormwater plans under a scenario where the 2014 regulations were invalidated.
At issue in the court case were the technical documents that described, in detail, methods property owners and developers could use to comply with the regulations.
Read more: www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2016/04/15/court-rules-stormwater-rules-invalid/83085758/
DNREC's move reinstates the contested 2014 regulations that were invalidated by Friday's Supreme Court decision.
In a prepared statement, environmental officials said neither court decision provided guidance about how the state agency should handle stormwater plans under a scenario where the 2014 regulations were invalidated.
At issue in the court case were the technical documents that described, in detail, methods property owners and developers could use to comply with the regulations.
Read more: www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2016/04/15/court-rules-stormwater-rules-invalid/83085758/