Court Urged To Reject EPA 'Determination' In Novel Water Standards Suit

Environmentalists are urging a federal court to reject EPA’s recent “determination” that changes to California’s rules during the state’s drought did not amount to a change in water quality standards (WQS), in a bid to set a precedent that could expand the universe of state water rules that are subject to mandatory federal review under the Clean Water Act (CWA). “EPA’s ‘determination’ does not perform the review called for by the CWA, but simply continues the agency’s attempt to evade...