Mealey's (July 29, 2015, 10:32 AM EDT) -- TAMPA, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida on July 28 awarded summary judgment sua sponte to the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency after finding that a woman and the Florida Wildlife Federation were unable to explain why the agency’s delay in making a necessity determination or providing an adequate explanation for denying their petition seeking revisions to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s (FDEP) anti-degradation water quality standards was unreasonable (Florida Wildlife Federation v. Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et al., No. 14-cv-3204, M.D. Fla.; 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 98384)....