ELR Citation: 46 ELR 20198
No(s). 12-77 (E.D. La. Dec 15, 2016) (Zainey)

A district court upheld EPA’s refusal to determine whether new water quality standards were necessary to control nitrogen and phosphorus pollution in the mainstem of the Mississippi River and the Northern Gulf of Mexico. The case arose after EPA denied environmental groups' petition to make such a...