FINAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTSettlement Agreement • May 9th, 2016
Contract Type FiledMay 9th, 2016WHEREAS on June 25, 2015, Plaintiff Northwest Environmental Advocates (“NWEA”) brought an action in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon (Case No. 3:15- cv-01151-HZ) pursuant to the judicial review provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”), 5 U.S.C. § 702 et seq., challenging the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) and the EPA Administrator’s approval of Idaho’s water quality criteria for arsenic, established by that State and submitted for EPA review under section 303 of the Clean Water Act (“CWA”), 33 U.S.C. § 1313.