Environmentalists Threaten New Suit Over Latest EPA Denial Of CWA Petition

摘要

Environmentalists are threatening to file a new lawsuit over EPA's latest denial of a petition seeking agency action over an inadequate state water quality program, creating a new test for how much discretion the agency has to allow states to retain control of their delegated Clean Water Act (CWA) programs.The latest threat comes after EPA last week denied a petition from eight Alabama environmental groups that sought to force the agency to develop dozens of new water quality criteria for toxics for the state, arguing that officials have not had enough time to evaluate updated science and that the agency generally prefers for states to take the lead.