Nearly a year after a state regulatory commission approved controversial new water-quality standards, an appeals court ruled that a pulp-and-paper industry group should be able to challenge the measures.

The First District Court of Appeal overturned a decision by an administrative law judge that blocked the challenge by Florida Pulp and Paper Association Environmental Affairs Inc., a group that includes companies such as Georgia-Pacific, International Paper Co. and Packaging Corporation of America.

Administrative Law Judge Bram D.E. Canter in a September 2016 decision also blocked challenges filed by Miami and the Seminole Tribe of Florida to the water standards. The city and tribe filed appeals in South Florida's Third District Court of Appeal, which is scheduled to hear arguments Sept. 11, according to online dockets.