Calif. Federal Judge Denies Injunction In Dispute Over New Water Quality Standards

(August 18, 2023, 4:26 PM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two trade associations are not entitled to a preliminary injunction preventing the enforcement of California’s new water quality standards because they failed to show that they will suffer irreparable harm if the standards are enforced or are likely to succeed on the merits of their claims that the adoption of the standards was arbitrary and capricious, a federal judge in California found in denying the associations’ motion for a preliminary injunction....