Environmentalists, Toledo sue over EPA’s approval of Lake Erie TMDL

Environmentalists, the City of Toledo, OH and Lucas County, OH are suing EPA over the agency’s approval of Ohio’s plan for controlling nutrient pollution in western Lake Erie, renewing a long-running battle over efforts to limit harmful algal blooms (HABs) and other adverse effects from agricultural pollution. Environmental Law and Policy Center, a Chicago-based group, along with city and county officials, filed a May 1 suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio charging that EPA...