(February 22, 2018, 11:45 AM EST) -- NEW YORK — A federal judge in New York on Feb. 20 denied the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s motion to stay proceedings in a suit over whether it failed to comply with its requirement under the Clean Water Act to approve or disapprove water quality standards submitted by the state, finding that nine environmental groups would be prejudiced by the delay (Riverkeeper Inc., et al. v. Scott Pruitt, et al., No. 17-CV-4916, S.D. N.Y., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26960)....