Environmentalists, Drinking Water Groups Seek Stricter Utility ELG Mandates

Correction Appended Environmentalists and water utilities suing EPA over its Clean Water Act (CWA) effluent limitation guidelines (ELG) for power plants are asking an appeals court to tighten specific portions of the rule by strengthening treatment mandates for waste from older impoundments, leachates, and waste that contains bromides. In separate briefs filed Dec. 5 , the environmentalists and water groups call on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to order targeted revisions to the 2015 ELG,...