Fearing EPA Delays, Advocates Ask States To Revise Plants' CWA Permits

摘要

Fearing lengthy litigation over EPA's pending cooling water rules for industrial plants, environmentalists are urging states to update permits that have not been revised in accordance with statutory limits, in an effort to force adoption of site-specific controls that could eventually be used to strengthen the agency's pending policies. In separate May 16 letters to the heads of New Jersey's and Delaware's environmental agencies, environmentalists charged that the states' delays in revising permits for a refinery in Delaware and a power plant in New Jersey violates EPA policy mandates that states use their best professional judgment (BPJ) while they await the rule, as well as court precedents barring lengthy delays. Relevant documents are available on InsideEPA.com. See page 2 for details. (Doc ID: 2435186)