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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OGC-2024-0390; FRL-12174-01-OGC] Proposed Settlement Agreement, Endangered Species Act and Administrative Procedure Act ClaimsSettlement Agreement • August 17th, 2024
ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement agreement; request for public comment. SUMMARY: In accordance with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)Administrator’s March 18, 2022, memorandum regarding “Consent Decrees and Settlement Agreements to resolve Environmental Claims Against the Agency,” notice is hereby given of a proposed settlement agreement in Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et al., No. 1:22-cv-486-BAH (D.D.C.). On February 24, 2022, the Plaintiff Center for Biological Diversity filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against the EPA alleging that the Agency had violated the Administrative Procedure Act and Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in connection with EPA’s 1993, 1998, and 2007 approvals under the Clean Water Act of Washington State’s water quality criteria for cyanide. EPA seeks public input on a proposed settlement agreement prior to its final decision- making with regard
