Advocates, Railway Reach Settlement In CWA 'Coal Trains' Litigation

摘要

Environmentalists and BNSF Railway Company have agreed in principle to. settle a long-pending suit seeking Clean Water Act (CWA) permit mandates for open train cars carrying coal, preserving a district court decision that said railway operators might be required to seek such permits in some cases but avoiding a ruling on whether BNSF needs to do so.