EPA Fails to Protect Fish From Cyanide Pollution, Suit Says (1)

The EPA is failing to ensure its approval of Washington state’s water quality standard for cyanide isn’t putting salmon, whales, and other protected species at risk, an environmental group told a federal court in Washington, D.C., Thursday.

The Environmental Protection Agency is required under the Endangered Species Act to ensure its approvals aren’t putting a protected species at risk, according to the complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. However, the agency has never completed a consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or National Marine Fisheries Service to ensure against jeopardy, the lawsuit ...