Judge:  State’s Suit Bars Some Of Man’s Claims Over Stormwater Discharges

Mealey's (February 5, 2020, 11:59 AM EST) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal judge in Ohio on Jan. 31 dismissed two claims brought by a man accusing a board of county commissioners of violating the Clean Water Act by failing to map the county’s municipal storm sewer system (MS4), ruling that the allegations were previously addressed in a lawsuit brought by the state against the county (Jeffrey Cox v. Board of County Commissioners of Franklin County, Ohio, No. 18-cv-1631, S.D. Ohio, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17976)....