Environmentalists At Odds Over EPA’s Role In Proposed Chesapeake Deal

Environmentalists are at odds over any role EPA will be required to play under the terms of a proposed settlement requiring the agency to force Pennsylvania to curb its polluted runoff into the Chesapeake Bay, with one group saying the proposal gives EPA too much discretion while another says the agency will provide a “necessary” backstop and is calling for more local funding. In recently filed comments on the proposed settlement, the Chesapeake Legal Alliance (CLA), a Maryland-based legal services...