EPA Approves Washington Criteria To Replace Controversial Federal Values

January 10, 2025
EPA has approved the state of Washington’s adoption of 145 revised water quality criteria to protect human health (HHC) from toxics, measures that will replace controversial federal values that industry groups are challenging in an effort to prevent broader adoption of their increased fish consumption rates (FCR) that drive more protective values. The agency’s approval of the standards could complicate industry efforts to have a federal court -- or the incoming Trump administration -- vacate the standards. In a notice...


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