StlToday - Sticker shock: MSD rate hikes could crest 30%, hit voters next spring
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https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/met ... d36bc.html
"SCOTUS holds that the EPA *cannot* order cities to maintain acceptable water quality standards by limiting the discharge—usually sewage—that they dump into nearby bodies of water"
Does this mean the consent decree MSD is under is over?
Does this mean the consent decree MSD is under is over?
The ruling says the EPA cannot make "general" rules for discharge into bodies of water, the EPA can still limit it on a permit by permit basis.
A property tax just feels off-big nonprofits dodge it, and small places still pay the same. Charging by how much paved area you’ve got seems fairer—everyone chips in based on the runoff they actually make.
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^Oh, for stormwater? Yeah, I could get down with that. Even nonprofits should have to pay for services used.
Pretty sure the fee for non-residential property applies to nonprofit property.That proposal would raise typical residential rates by about $2 per month and charge nonresidential customers $1.05 for every 1,000 square feet of paved or “impervious” surfaces that do not absorb stormwater