Endangered Species Act/Clean Water Act: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Challenge to U.S. EPA Water Quality Criteria for Cadmium

The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) had filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (“Complaint”) in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona against the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) alleging a violation of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). See Case No. 4:22-cv-00138-JCH.... By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,