EPA Agrees To DNREC Title VI Permit Inquiry, Despite Apparent Retreat

EPA has quietly agreed to investigate whether the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act when it approved a permit for a bioenergy facility, a move that appears at odds with advocates’ charges that the agency has backed down from its aggressive use of such inquiries. But one industry lawyer is challenging suggestions that the agency has backed down, arguing instead that it is simply changing its strategy by using...