Clean Water Action v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

ELR Citation: 49 ELR 20142
No(s). 18-60079 (5th Cir. Aug 28, 2019)

The Fifth Circuit upheld a 2017 EPA rule that postponed compliance dates mandated by the Agency's 2015 rule setting new effluent limitation guidelines for flue gas desulfurization wastewater and bottom ash transport water from steam electric power plants. Environmental groups argued the 2017 rule ef...