Suit Over State Nonpoint Program Advances, Bolstering Environmentalists

A federal district court judge is allowing environmentalists' litigation seeking to strengthen Washington state's program to control pollution from stormwater runoff to proceed, rejecting Justice Department (DOJ) efforts to dismiss the suit after finding the plaintiffs have met procedural hurdles to bring their claims against EPA and other agencies. The Sept. 19 order in Northwest Environmental Advocates (NWEA) v. Department of Commerce, et al. , from Judge John C. Coughenour of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of...