Agency extends compliance six months before waste is banned from disposal in unlined storage ponds.

Regulation, under Clean Water Act Section 401, says states must finish project's water-quality review in one year.

Loan to Inland Empire Utilities Agency will cover about 45% of project's total cost.

Litigation heats up with states' lawsuit following similar filings by environmental groups in other courts.

Government charges that Hyundai nonroad vehicles didn't meet updated emissions standards.