In Win For EPA, Environmentalists Drop Trial Court Challenge To ELG Delay

Environmentalists are urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to reinstate 2018 compliance dates in the Clean Water Act (CWA) effluent rule for power plants that EPA delayed to 2020, signaling that they will drop their nearly year-long push to litigate the delay in district court instead. Their July 12 merits brief to the 5th Circuit in Clean Water Action, et al., v. EPA, et al. , says EPA went far beyond what the water law allows...