EPA Rejects Bid To Allow Early Court Review Of Water Act Orders Under APA

摘要

Epa is rejecting Supreme Court arguments from industry and property rights advocates that recipients of adminis trative compliance orders issued under the Clean Water Act (CWA) should be entitled to judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) in a case that could significantly limit the agency's enforcement abilities. In a Nov. 23 brief in Sackett v. Epa, the agency argues that administrative orders are not a "final agency action" subject to judicial review under the APA and that Congress did not intend for such orders to be reviewable when it crafted the water law. Relevant documents are available on InsideEpa.com. See page 2 for details.