ACTIVISTS' BID FOR NAFTA INQUIRY MAY BACK FUTURE SUIT ON MERCURY PLAN

Environmentalists' request for a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) panel to investigate whether EPA is adequately enforcing the Clean Water Act (CWA) by limiting emissions from coal-fired power plants could provide the groups with information to be used in future litigation against EPA's controversial mercury emissions control plans, an environmental attorney tracking the issue says. The bid also suggests first-time water law arguments environmentalists could use in future litigation against the Bush administration's mercury emissions control plan, although the...