Riverkeeper, Inc. v. Pruitt

摘要

Federal district court finds that Environmental Protection Agency did not establish it is entitled to stay of Clean Water Act citizen suit brought by environmental groups to enforce EPA duty under act to approve or deny water quality standards submitted by New York, because, even though consideration of interest of nonparty New York weighs slightly in favor of granting stay while it revisessubmitted standards in cooperative rulemaking process with EPA: (1) EPA did not establish that stay while revised standards work through state process will not prejudice groups' interests in achieving updated water quality standards as quickly as possible, (2) EPA did not establish that litigation of citizen suit would create clear hardship or inequity to EPA in its cooperative rulemaking process with New York, (3) several uncertain steps over lengthy period of time must occur before claims could become moot, and (4) public interest in swift adoption of updated standards weighs in favor of not imposing stay.