Eased EPCRA Provisions May Bolster EPA Plan To Decline CWA Spill Rule

Recent congressional amendments to federal emergency response requirements, which aim to provide easier access to chemical spill information for drinking water utilities, could bolster EPA's arguments in rejecting environmentalists' bid to require a Clean Water Act (CWA) spill rule that existing requirements adequately address the issue. But drinking water utilities, while backing the congressional changes to emergency response requirements, continue to criticize EPA's plan declining to craft a CWA spill rule, saying Congress required the agency to take additional steps...