EPA Scraps Drinking Water Cybersecurity Policy Halted By Appeals Court

EPA is withdrawing its controversial memorandum that set requirements for drinking water systems to consider cybersecurity as part of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) sanitary survey process, citing a legal challenge by three states and trade groups that had already led to an order freezing implementation of the policy. “Due to litigation ( State of Missouri, et al. v. U.S. EPA ), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has chosen to rescind the interpretive memorandum issued on March 3,...