Charles River environmental group accuses EPA of negligence

BOSTON — A lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court by a Charles River environmental advocacy group accuses the Environmental Protection Agency of failing to notify high-density commercial and residential property developers of their responsibility to obtain stormwater discharge permits, a move that comes ahead of the federal government's plan to enact a series of expensive regulations on cities and towns located in the river's 308-square-mile watershed.
The complaint, filed by the New England-based Conservation Law Foundation and the Weston-based Charles River Watershed Association, looks to require the EPA to force "stormwater dischargers" to obtain discharge permits.