Activists Vow Suit After Maine Rejects EPA's Water Act Review Of Fish Law

August 11, 2012
Environmentalists are promising to sue Maine officials after the state rejected EPA's landmark disapproval of a fish control statute that the agency deemed a violation of the Clean Water Act (CWA) -- one of a number of measures signaling EPA's willingness to broaden its review of local resource measures it considers to be water quality standards. If Maine refuses to comply with the agency's disapproval, a source with the Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) -- which sued EPA to force the...


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