Judge Stays Clean Water Act Suit Pending Hearing Board Proceedings

(May 24, 2017, 3:44 PM EDT) -- SEATTLE — An environmental group’s Clean Water Act lawsuit claiming that a cargo terminal and distribution facility is discharging excessive amounts of pollutants into waterways in Tacoma, Wash., was stayed May 18 by a federal judge in Washington, who found that a proceeding involving the defendant company and the Washington Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) could impact the case (Puget Soundkeeper Alliance v. APM Terminals Tacoma, LLC, No. C17-5016 BHS, W.D. Wash., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 74653)....