9th Circuit Urged To Back Precedent Requiring ESA Review For Water Limits

The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) is urging a federal appeals court to uphold a precedent-setting ruling requiring EPA to consult with federal wildlife officials to limit adverse effects on listed species when setting water quality criteria and reject EPA’s effort to reverse the lower court’s decision. CBD filed a Dec. 2 answering brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in the suit CBD v. EPA, et al. , arguing that the agency violated the Endangered...