Judge Rejects New Challenge To EPA Rule On State Certification Of Permits

摘要

A federal district court has dismissed environmentalists' suit challenging a decades-old EPA water rule that bars states from adding conditions to their certifications of federal water discharge permits after the permits have been issued, saying the case will not be ripe for review until a state seeks to amend a certification in defiance of the rule. But it is unclear how the opinion will apply to another, long-pending, suit by the same group that also challenges the rule, as the court rejected environmentalists' and EPA's request to consolidate the two cases before rendering judgment.