U.S. green groups sue EPA over stormwater regulations
Source: Reuters
U.S. green groups sue EPA over stormwater regulations
BY AYESHA RASCOE
WASHINGTON Fri Dec 19, 2014 10:01am EST
(Reuters) - Two environmental groups have sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for what the groups said was failing to comply with a court order requiring the agency to strengthen regulations preventing pollution from stormwater runoff.
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Environmental Defense Center (EDC) said in a statement that they filed the suit on Thursday in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.
The groups said EPA has not obeyed a 2003 ruling from the 9th circuit in EDC v. EPA that required the agency to redo portions of its 1999 stormwater regulations dealing with urban runoff because they were not in line with the Clean Water Act.
The order also directed the agency to consider regulating runoff from unpaved forest roads.
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