EPA finalizes Biden-era Delaware River plan as proposed

EPA is finalizing a Biden-era plan to set water quality standards (WQS) to protect aquatic life in the Delaware River, maintaining the proposed version’s standards despite significant opposition from local and national wastewater groups that urged the agency to withdraw both the standards and the underlying consent decree compelling them. EPA on Sept. 22 announced its final rule establishing federal WQS for 38 miles of the Delaware River between Philadelphia, PA, and Wilmington, DE. “Clean and safe water is a...