Mealey's (November 23, 2021, 8:42 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Nov. 19 granted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s unopposed motion to dismiss its appeal of a lower court ruling ordering the agency to issue by the end of May 2023 a long-delayed final rule that updates the Clean Water Act plan for the cleanup of oil and hazardous substances following an oil spill....