With EPA Failing to Protect Clean Water, Legal Action Inevitable
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With EPA Failing to Protect Clean Water, Legal Action Inevitable

(ANNAPOLIS, MD)—Today, Choose Clean Water Coalition member Chesapeake Bay Foundation sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to adequately enforce the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load. The TMDL is a comprehensive pollution diet, requiring the six states in the Chesapeake Bay watershed and the District of Columbia to meet strict pollution reduction standards. In response, Choose Clean Water Coalition Director Kristin Reilly issued the following statement.

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Choose Clean Water Coalition Statement on Potential Litigation against EPA
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Choose Clean Water Coalition Statement on Potential Litigation against EPA

(ANNAPOLIS, MD)—Following repeated failures by the Environmental Protection Agency to hold the Chesapeake Bay jurisdictions accountable to meet their pollution reduction goals, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation announced they are preparing a notice of intent to sue EPA. In response, Choose Clean Water Coalition Director Kristin Reilly issued the following statement.

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Choose Clean Water Coalition Statement on the Increase of Chesapeake Bay Program Funding to $85 Million
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Choose Clean Water Coalition Statement on the Increase of Chesapeake Bay Program Funding to $85 Million

(ANNAPOLIS, MD)—Yesterday, Congress announced the funding of $85 million to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) for FY20. This is an increase over the $73 million allocated to CBP for the past five years. Now that there is agreement on the funding package, it must now pass the House and the Senate and be signed by the President by midnight Friday to avoid a government shutdown or require another short-term funding bill.

In response, Choose Clean Water Coalition Director Kristin Reilly issued the following statement.

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