OMB clears EPA rule bolstering tribal WQS

EPA is preparing to release its final rule requiring states to consider tribal treaty rights to aquatic and aquatic-dependent resources like fishing when they craft new Clean Water Act (CWA) water quality standards (WQS) or review existing ones after the measure cleared White House review. According to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the rule cleared inter-agency review on April 23. Once final, the rule could solidify EPA’s preferred approach in what has become a stubborn dispute over how...