The EPA, under a proposed settlement, will put additional pressure on Pennsylvania to reduce pollution that feeds into the Chesapeake Bay.
had failed to use its powers under the Clean Water Act to make sure that Pennsylvania lived up to the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint, a regional pact to reclaim the bay.
“This is a major victory for the Chesapeake Bay and clean water,” said Robert T. Brown, president of the Maryland Watermen’s Association. He welcomed the timing of the settlement, which comesAdvertisement Chesapeake Bay Foundation officials said that, under the Trump administration, the EPA failed to require Pennsylvania to spell out specific plans to reduce bay pollutants, come up with the necessary funds to meet targets or impose consequences.
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