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Environmental & Energy

Feb. 8, 2023

Environmentalists sue EPA over ship discharge rules

“EPA was given an exceedingly generous timeline to comply with the law and issue meaningful regulations on vessel discharge. It is clear that litigation is the only remaining tactic to force the agency to act,” the complaint states.

Environmentalists sue EPA over ship discharge rules
Container ships docked at the Port of Los Angeles on Oct. 17, 2021 in Los Angeles. The cost of moving cargo has shot up. New York Times News Service

The Environmental Protection Agency failed to issue standards regulating polluting ship discharges, failing to comply with the Clean Water Act, the Center for Biological Diversity and Friends of the Earth alleged in a lawsuit filed in federal court.

The organizations sued the EPA Monday, accusing it of not meeting a statutory deadline of December 2020 to create standards for vessel ballast water, leading to $9 billion in annual damages to i...

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