Activists Challenge Landmark EPA Rule For Florida Water Nutrient Criteria

摘要

Environmentalists are asking a federal court to invalidate a controversial provision in EPA's precedent-setting nutrient criteria for Florida that allows stakeholders to petition for site-specific alternate criteria (SSAC) for specific waterbodies, charging that EPA's approach allowing the SSACs to be applied to an entire waterbody, rather than a specific permit holder, is unlawful. In a complaint filed Nov. 15 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, filed hours after EPA signed the final rule, the Florida Wildlife Federation, St. John's Riverkeeper and Environmental Confederation of Southwest Florida called on the court to invalidate the portion of the agency's final rule that allows any public or private entity to petition for an SSAC for a given waterbody. Relevant documents are available on InsideEPA.com. Seepage 2 for details.