Environmental groups sued the EPA over wastewater guidelines that allow industrial plants...
from industrial plants and refineries from getting into the water.
According to the groups' lawsuit, they're seeking a judicial review of the EPA's decision because their members have been"injured" due to the federal agency not revising its standards. Duggan called EPA's responsibility to set pollution standards an"important part" of the Clean Water Act, which was created in 1972 to reduce industrial pollution and ultimately eliminate it.Industries using 'ancient' technology
"I mean what we're asking for is really only what the Clean Water Act has requested for decades, and that is that the EPA finally require that these big oil and petrochemical plants use modern wastewater treatment controls that are available," she said."They're in use at some plants across the U.S. right now. There really is no excuse."
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