After Criticism, EPA Revises Decree Requiring First-Time Ionic TMDL

EPA has revised a proposed consent decree that requires development of first-time total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) for ionic toxicity pollution from coal mining in West Virginia streams, overhauling the earlier version to give the state’s regulators a new lead role after facing criticism from industry groups and a key Democratic senator. Judge Robert Chambers of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia Nov. 6 entered the revised consent decree in the suit Sierra Club, et...