11th Circuit Won't Review Alabama Water Permitting Before EPA Final Ruling

摘要

Alabama river advocates await a final Environmental Protection Agency ruling on the future of the state's discharge permit program after a federal appeals court ruled that it can't review a preliminary EPA decision upholding the program (Cahaba River-keeper v. EPA, 11th Cir., No. 14-13508, 11/30/15). The Cahaba Riverkeeper and other groups were seeking to overturn preliminary findings by the EPA that allowed Alabama to continue operating its own program, known as a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program.