{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221043313/http://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/Article.cfm?customel_dataPageID_1502=47574", "EPA decision to continue violating Administrative Procedure Act", "2013-11-22", "2013", "2013-11", "Republican", "House", "IA", "Charles Grassley", "G000386", "web.archive.org", null, null, "legacy", "The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has decided to enforce guidance on wastewater treatment as if it were a binding rule without going through the proper rulemaking process for all areas of the country except for the 8th Circuit, where it lost a court case.\u00a0 Earlier, the EPA confirmed it was enforcing the new requirement in correspondence with Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa.\u00a0 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit invalidated the EPA\u2019s action, deciding that EPA changed its policy without notice and comment, as required by law.\u00a0 Now, the EPA says it will implement that decision only in the 8th Circuit.\u00a0 The agency will continue to enforce guidance on wastewater treatment as if it were a formal rule, in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act, in the rest of the country.\u00a0\u00a0\n  \nSen. Grassley and Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, have been critical of the EPA\u2019s action.\u00a0 They made the following comments on the latest decision from the EPA.\n  \nGrassley comment:\u00a0 \u201cThe EPA tried to violate basic rule-making procedures and got caught.\u00a0 Now, the agency is enforcing the violation everywhere except for the court circuit where it lost its case.\u00a0 This isn\u2019t the way to conduct agency business.\u00a0 The rules are in place for good reason.\u00a0 They\u2019re meant to keep the public involved and informed of major decision-making and hold agencies accountability for their decisions.\u00a0 The EPA should have followed the letter of the law.\u201d\u00a0  \n\n\u00a0\nVitter comment:\u00a0 \u201cThe EPA is trying to sneak in a burdensome, new water treatment regulation despite the Courts ruling against them. They need to unambiguously and fairly apply the invalidation of this illegal water treatment regulation on a national level.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://web.archive.org/web/20140221043313/http://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/Article.cfm?customel_dataPageID_1502=47574"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4144559390842915, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}