{"id":22230,"date":"2021-12-07T17:30:26","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T17:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/?p=22230"},"modified":"2021-12-07T17:57:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T17:57:53","slug":"lawsuit-targets-epa-failure-clean-pollution-puget-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/lawsuit-targets-epa-failure-clean-pollution-puget-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"La demanda se enfoca en el fracaso de la EPA para limpiar la contaminaci\u00f3n en Puget Sound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Citando a la agencia como &quot;retrasada&quot; en la limpieza de Puget Sound, una organizaci\u00f3n ambiental demand\u00f3 hoy a la Agencia de Protecci\u00f3n Ambiental de EE. UU. (EPA, por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s) en un tribunal federal. \u00c9l <a href=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021.12.07-Puget-Sound-TMDL-Complaint.pdf\">demanda judicial<\/a> desaf\u00eda el hecho de que la EPA no dio un paso clave para limpiar la contaminaci\u00f3n por nitr\u00f3geno en Puget Sound que est\u00e1 causando una amplia gama de degradaci\u00f3n ecol\u00f3gica, incluida la reducci\u00f3n de los niveles de ox\u00edgeno en el agua y la proliferaci\u00f3n masiva de algas.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Despu\u00e9s de a\u00f1os de inacci\u00f3n, est\u00e1 claro que nada menos que una orden judicial obligar\u00e1 a la EPA y al Departamento de Ecolog\u00eda de Washington a limpiar Puget Sound&quot;, dijo Nina Bell, directora ejecutiva de Northwest Environmental Advocates (NWEA), con sede en Oreg\u00f3n, que present\u00f3 la demanda. demanda judicial. \u201cEl mecanismo para garantizar absolutamente una regulaci\u00f3n adecuada es la dieta de contaminaci\u00f3n requerida por la Ley de Agua Limpia, no otra d\u00e9bil medida a medias inventada por Ecolog\u00eda para evitar la ley\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Hace dos d\u00e9cadas, Ecolog\u00eda anunci\u00f3 que el nitr\u00f3geno es un problema grave en Puget Sound y que las plantas de tratamiento de aguas residuales, as\u00ed como la escorrent\u00eda contaminada de las actividades humanas, son la causa. Ecolog\u00eda comenz\u00f3 a desarrollar un modelo del sonido para respaldar el desarrollo de una &quot;dieta de contaminaci\u00f3n&quot; llamada Carga diaria m\u00e1xima total (TMDL) que es requerida por la Ley federal de agua limpia (<a href=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021.12.06-Clean-Water-Act-Primer.pdf\">gu\u00eda aqu\u00ed<\/a>) para asignar las reducciones de contaminantes necesarias a todas las fuentes. Pero luego dej\u00f3 de funcionar en el TMDL.<\/p>\n<p>En los a\u00f1os intermedios, Ecolog\u00eda no tom\u00f3 ninguna medida reglamentaria para abordar la contaminaci\u00f3n por nitr\u00f3geno aparte de restringir las descargas de nitr\u00f3geno de una sola planta de tratamiento de aguas residuales, la instalaci\u00f3n LOTT en Olympia. Luego, la semana pasada, el 1 de diciembre de 2021, Ecolog\u00eda emiti\u00f3 un Permiso general de nutrientes de Puget Sound que pretende regular las descargas de nitr\u00f3geno de 58 plantas de tratamiento de aguas residuales. El permiso no incluye l\u00edmites de contaminaci\u00f3n como lo requiere la Ley de Agua Limpia porque, seg\u00fan los materiales del permiso de Ecolog\u00eda, &quot;a\u00fan se necesita trabajo de modelado adicional&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>La demanda de NWEA alega que, en 2018, Ecolog\u00eda decidi\u00f3 no completar una TMDL que estar\u00eda sujeta a la aprobaci\u00f3n de la EPA en virtud de la Ley de Agua Limpia y, en cambio, decidi\u00f3 emitir un plan no vinculante. La EPA aprob\u00f3 la decisi\u00f3n de Ecolog\u00eda de evitar emitir el TMDL de nitr\u00f3geno de Puget Sound legalmente requerido en junio de 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLa contaminaci\u00f3n por nitr\u00f3geno que le est\u00e1 robando la salud a Puget Sound es la fuente de &#039;zonas muertas&#039; en todo el mundo, por lo que no hay nada nuevo en este problema\u201d, dijo Bell. \u201cEl nitr\u00f3geno provoca la proliferaci\u00f3n de algas en la superficie de Puget Sound en todo un arco iris de colores, pero debajo de la superficie es mucho m\u00e1s da\u00f1ino y provoca cambios fundamentales en la red alimentaria de Sound. Aunque Ecolog\u00eda ha pronosticado que la situaci\u00f3n empeorar\u00e1 mucho, todav\u00eda busca evitar los requisitos de la ley en todo momento.<\/p>\n<p>El grupo no ve otra alternativa que acudir a los tribunales.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEl Departamento de Ecolog\u00eda de Washington ha anunciado que no cumplir\u00e1 la ley y reducir\u00e1 la contaminaci\u00f3n por nutrientes en Puget Sound. La EPA, ilegalmente, estuvo de acuerdo con ese enfoque, dej\u00e1ndonos sin otra opci\u00f3n que presentar esta demanda\u201d, dijo Andrew Hawley, abogado principal del Western Environmental Law Center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEsta falla en limpiar Puget Sound utilizando las herramientas confiables de la Ley de Agua Limpia es solo una m\u00e1s en una serie de inacciones por parte de la EPA y el estado de Washington\u201d, dijo Allison LaPlante, codirectora del Earthrise Law Center. \u201cEl trabajo de la EPA es evitar que el Departamento de Ecolog\u00eda falle en Puget Sound, pero en todo momento la agencia pierde el tren\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>La eliminaci\u00f3n de la contaminaci\u00f3n por nitr\u00f3geno de las aguas residuales tratadas antes de la descarga tiene el beneficio adicional de eliminar una amplia variedad de contaminantes t\u00f3xicos, incluidos productos farmac\u00e9uticos y de cuidado personal que no est\u00e1n claramente regulados por la Ley de Agua Limpia.<\/p>\n<p>Actualmente, NWEA est\u00e1 demandando a la EPA por el fallido programa estatal TMDL de Washington, una demanda presentada por primera vez en 1991, as\u00ed como una demanda separada relacionada con el hecho de que el estado no complet\u00f3 un TMDL para la contaminaci\u00f3n por nitr\u00f3geno en Budd Inlet. El agotamiento de ox\u00edgeno en Budd Inlet es causado en parte por el nitr\u00f3geno descargado por las plantas de tratamiento de aguas residuales en el \u00e1rea central de Puget Sound.<\/p>\n<p>NWEA est\u00e1 representada por Andrew Hawley, abogado principal del Western Environmental Law Center, y Allison LaPlante, codirectora del Earthrise Law Center en la Facultad de Derecho Lewis &amp; Clark.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contactos:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Andrew Hawley, Western Environmental Law Center, 206-487-7250, <u><a href=\"mailto:hawley&#64;westernlaw&#46;&#111;&#114;&#103;\">decir ah<\/a><a href=\"&#109;&#97;&#x69;l&#116;&#x6f;&#x3a;w&#108;&#x65;&#x79;&#64;&#119;&#x65;&#x73;t&#101;&#x72;&#x6e;l&#97;&#x77;&#x2e;o&#114;&#x67;\">wley@westernlaw.org<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p>Nina Bell, Defensores Ambientales del Noroeste, 503-295-0490, <u><a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#x6c;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#110;&#98;&#101;&#108;&#108;&#64;adv&#x6f;&#x63;&#x61;&#x74;&#x65;&#x73;&#x2d;&#x6e;&#119;&#101;&#97;&#46;&#111;rg\">nbell@advocates-nwea.org<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p>Allison LaPlante, Centro Legal Earthrise, 503-768-6894, <u><a href=\"&#109;&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;t&#x6f;:&#108;&#x61;&#112;&#x6c;a&#x6e;t&#101;&#x40;&#108;&#x63;l&#x61;r&#107;&#x2e;&#101;&#x64;u\">laplante@lclark.edu<\/a><\/u><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citing agency \u201cfoot-dragging\u201d in cleaning up Puget Sound, an environmental organization sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in federal court today. 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