Mealey's (January 6, 2023, 10:52 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has granted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s motion to stay a declaratory judgment lawsuit related to allegations of “arbitrary and capricious rulemaking” concerning per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) because “when an agency has a defined plan to promulgate a rule that would resolve the case and thereby save judicial resources, it is often proper for courts to stay proceedings while rulemaking proceeds.”...