U.S. EPA Orders Caltrans To Improve Its Storm-Water Program.

The article reports the administrative order issued by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to update its storm-water management plan (SWMP). It says that the order was a response to the audits of Caltrans districts in northern California in which EPA had found out that the department had "failed to implement its SWMP." Accordingly, Caltrans had responded immediately by initiating compliance inspections and "developing new strategies."