Mealey's (August 11, 2021, 3:01 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge on Aug. 9 ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to issue by the end of May 2023 a final rule that updates the Clean Water Act plan for the cleanup of oil and hazardous substances following an oil spill. The judge sided with four environmental groups and two activists who sued the EPA, holding that the agency’s six-year delay was unreasonable....