August 03, 2016
A Washington federal judge on Wednesday gave the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a hard deadline to finalize state water quality standards, which are being updated to accurately reflect the amount of fish eaten in the state, resolving a lawsuit brought by environmental and fishing groups.
April 28, 2016
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday told a Washington federal judge that environmentalists who have pushed for new water quality standards to be put in place within 30 days have not shown that type of relief is warranted.
March 02, 2016
A group of environmental nonprofit and commercial fishing industry groups on Tuesday urged a Washington federal judge to find the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is neglecting public health by failing to finalize new rules governing water pollution in the state.