A federal court has approved a settlement in which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will update its national regulations for stormwater runoff, one of the nation’s largest sources of water pollution, by November 2016.The EPA agreed to the deadline after the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Environmental Defense Center filed a lawsuit last year to force the agency to act, more than a decade after a federal court had first ordered the EPA to do so.“This settlement puts an end to more than a decade of foot-dragging on a huge water pollution problem,” said NRDC Senior Attorney Larry Levine in a press release. “We
EPA Agrees to Revisit Rules for Polluted Runoff
Federal court sets deadlines to address major sources of water pollution
