EPA Concedes Loss Of ‘Disparate Impact’ Civil Rights Authority In Louisiana

EPA is effectively conceding its loss of authority to enforce “disparate impacts” under civil rights law in Louisiana, filing a joint request with state officials for a federal district court to enter a final judgment based on the preliminary injunction barring both EPA and the Department of Justice (DOJ) from such enforcement. “[T]he parties are in agreement that the Court may enter final judgment in this case without additional dispositive motion practice; that there remain only certain discrete issues concerning...