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  1. December 10, 2018

    Tribe Fights For Water Quality Rule In Maine's EPA Suit

    A tribe countering Maine's suit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is pressing a federal court to declare that the state cannot lower water quality standards on the Penobscot River's main stem because it must be free from pollution so the tribe can maintain its fishing culture.

  2. December 04, 2018

    EPA Gets Year To Rethink Maine Tribal Water Decisions

    A Maine federal judge has granted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's request that its decisions disapproving certain Maine quality standards for waters near tribal lands be remanded to the agency, giving the Trump administration until next December to come up with a new ruling.

  3. September 14, 2018

    Maine Says EPA Tribal Water Rulings Should Be Thrown Out

    Maine on Friday asked a federal judge to grant the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's request that decisions disapproving certain quality standards for waters near tribal lands be remanded, but also asked the decisions be vacated, a move the EPA opposes.

  4. July 30, 2018

    Maine Tribe Says Water Row Shouldn't Wait For EPA Rethink

    The Penobscot Nation urged a federal judge Sunday not to stay Maine's suit seeking to vacate U.S. Environmental Protection Agency decisions disapproving certain quality standards for waters near tribal lands, after the agency said it wanted to change the decisions being challenged in the case and asked the court to put the case on hold while that request is considered.

  5. July 05, 2018

    Tribes Lose Challenge Of Deadline Extension In Water Row

    A Maine federal judge has denied a bid from two tribes to reconsider an order granting a briefing schedule deadline extension in the state's lawsuit challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's tightening of water quality standards for tribal waters.

  6. March 05, 2018

    Maine Gets Support In Its Suit Over EPA Tribal Water Rules

    The state of Idaho and a group comprised of industrial companies, municipal entities, agricultural parties and trade associations urged a federal judge on Friday to side with Maine in its lawsuit challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's tightening of water quality standards for tribal waters.

  7. December 11, 2017

    EPA Says It Won't Change Challenged Tribal Water Rules

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday that it wouldn't change course on any decisions challenged in a suit from the state of Maine over the agency's tightening of water quality standards for tribal waters.

  8. May 12, 2017

    Maine Judge Grants EPA Stay To Review Tribal Water Rules

    A Maine federal judge on Friday gave the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a 90-day stay in the state's suit challenging the EPA's tightening of water quality standards for tribal waters, giving the agency the time it requested to review the policy.

  9. May 11, 2017

    Maine Tribes Slam EPA's Bid To Stay Water Quality Suit

    Two tribes in Maine urged a federal judge to reject the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's bid for a 90-day stay in the state's suit challenging the EPA's tightening of its water quality standards for tribal waters so it can review the policy, saying pausing the case will harm the tribes for no reason.

  10. May 08, 2017

    EPA Asks For Stay In Maine Water Quality Row

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday asked a Maine federal judge for a 90-day stay in the state's suit challenging the EPA's tightening of its water quality standards for tribal waters, so it can review the policy.

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