Environmentalists Suspend Suit Over EPA's Industrial Stormwater Permit

摘要

Environmentalists have suspended their consolidated challenges to the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) multi-sector general permit (MSGP) for industrial stormwater in order to allow more time for mediated negotiations with EPA and industry they hope will produce a settlement, but could resume litigation if no agreement is reached by March 22. The petitioners in Waterkeeper Alliance, et al. v. EPA, et al., filed a notice on Jan. 22 that they were withdrawing the case with the option to revive their petitions for review of the CWA permit at any time before March 22. Withdrawing the suit allows the parties to delay filing deadlines while they continue settlement talks, an attorney close to the case told Inside EPA. The notice is available on InsideEPA.com.