Editing Consent decree (section)

====Environmental law====

Consent decrees have been used to alter environmental policy, one example being the "Flannery Decision", or the Toxics Consent Decree, entered into by the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|Environmental Protection Agency]] and the [[Natural Resources Defense Council]], an environmental advocacy group.<ref>[[wikisource:Natural Resources Defense Council v. Train/Opinion of the Court|Natural Resources Defense Council v. Train]], No. 74 Civ. 4617 (S.D.N.Y., March 1976)</ref> This decree, signed in 1976, highly restructured the way the EPA dealt with harmful substances by requiring the agency to list and regulate 65 toxic pollutants and to regulate pollutant discharges on an industry-by-industry basis (i.e., [[effluent guidelines]] regulations) rather than by singular pollutants.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Trussell |first=R. Rhodes |date=January 1, 2006 |title=Constituents of Emerging Concern: An Overview |url= https://www.environmental-expert.com/Files/5306/articles/8864/115.pdf |journal=Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation |volume=2006 |issue=12 |pages=1460–1467 |doi=10.2175/193864706783749585 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Toxic and Priority Pollutants Under the Clean Water Act |url= https://www.epa.gov/eg/toxic-and-priority-pollutants-under-clean-water-act |date=2019-04-08 |publisher=U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |location=Washington, D.C.}}</ref> This decree went on to shape the regulations and administration procedures of water policy within the United States, particularly through the [[Clean Water Act]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=O'Leary |first=Rosemary |date=1990 |title=The Courts and the EPA: The Amazing "Flannery Decision" |url= https://www.researchgate.net/publication/254166607|journal=Natural Resources & Environment |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=18–55 |issn=0882-3812 |jstor=40923877 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Wyche |first=Bradford W. |date=1983 |title=The Regulation of Toxic Pollutants Under the Clean Water Act: EPA's Ten Year Rulemaking Nears Completion |journal=Natural Resources Lawyer |volume=15 |issue=3 |pages=511–536 |issn=0028-0747 |jstor=40922727 }}</ref>