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Local groups, EPA settle two Cape suits

By David Abel

 |  Globe Staff  

  January 24, 2012

After months of negotiations, local environmental groups have agreed to settle two federal lawsuits seeking to force the US Environmental Protection Agency to reduce pollution flowing from septic tanks into Cape Cod waters. Details of the deal have not been disclosed, but local officals have estimated that fixing the problem could cost billions of dollars. Republicans in Congress immediately attacked the agreement, accusing the EPA of a “disturbing trend’’ of settling lawsuits as a surreptitious way to expand regulatory authority.

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