EPA Rejects Region's Call To End Oil, Gas Effluent Waiver But Plans Study

EPA headquarters appears to have rejected calls from agency Region 10 officials, environmentalists and others to consider ending a years-old exemption from the oil and gas sector's Clean Water Act (CWA) effluent standards for the Cook Inlet watershed in Alaska, although the agency is leaving the door open for future action, saying in its recent effluent plan that it will continue to study the issue. "EPA plans to further study the exemption" in light of the calls for reversal, the...