ELR Citation: ELR 21479
No(s). C96-807WD, -829WD (W.D. Wash. Feb 20, 1997)

The court holds that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) failed to exercise its mandatory duty under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) to "promptly prepare and publish" federal regulations in lieu of state regulations when Idaho neglected to revise its water quality standard...