Group sues U.S. EPA for not holding Ohio accountable for Lake Erie algae (Via Columbus Dispatch)
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A federal lawsuit filed Thursday accuses the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of failing to hold Ohio accountable for the amount of phosphorous pollution in the western basin of Lake Erie, leading to algae blooms that contaminate the water.
The Environmental Law and Policy Center, a Midwestern nonprofit environmental advocacy group, cited the Clean Water Act to draft a citizens’ suit complaint, saying the federal regulatory agency approved a 2018 Ohio EPA report that had no effective plan for reducing phosphorus pollution.