Maryland and other plaintiffs have reached a proposed settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in their 2020 lawsuits arguing the agency did not adequately enforce the Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan in Pennsylvania.
The suits argued that the EPA was failing to hold Pennsylvania accountable for its lackluster plans to reduce harmful nutrient and sediment pollution it sends downstream into the nation’s largest estuary.
Under the settlement agreement, the EPA committed to “take a number of steps regarding EPA oversight and funding of Pennsylvania’s efforts” to reduce bay pollution, according to a document posted in the federal register Thursday morning.
