EAB Backing Of EPA's Deferral To States Raises Bar For CWA Permit Suits

摘要

A new ruling from EPA's Environmental Appeals Board (EAB) sets a high bar for litigants to overcome deference to a state's interpretation of ambiguities in its own Clean Water Act (CWA) permitting rules, holding that Idaho environmentalists fell far short of the standard in their challenge to a CWA discharge permit.