I’ll admit to taking a bit of time to travel with my family the last couple of weeks, so I have a few items that have accumulated in my notes. More to come when I’m back from a weekend of fishing in Canada:

First, there is an interesting study out of Washington State University that

If you do business in Washington and your business is covered by either a general NPDES permit or a site-specific NPDES permit, chances are, sooner or later, you will receive a 60-day notice letter from a lawyer representing one of the local environmental groups threatening suit for alleged violations of those permits.

Many times, these