Since 1993 the EPA has repeatedly approved water quality standards for cyanide pollution set by Washington state without analyzing how those lax standards harm endangered and threatened species. The state allows mines, iron and steel facilities, wastewater treatment facilities, and other industries to release dangerous levels of cyanide into Washington’s waters, harming orcas and fish. Today, our lawsuit resulted in an agreement requiring the EPA to finally evaluate those standards and protect dwindling populations of native salmonids, steelhead, bull trout and southern resident orcas.

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