Judge Gives EPA More Time To Rule On Ohio’s List Of Impaired Waters

(April 23, 2018, 3:47 PM EDT) -- TOLEDO, Ohio — A federal judge in Ohio on April 11 denied environmental groups’ request to compel the Environmental Protection Agency to comply with a deadline for conducting an evaluation of the water quality in Lake Erie related to its potability and gave the agency 30 days to approve or disapprove the state’s list of impaired waters (Environmental Law and Policy Center, et al. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency, et al., No. 17-1514, N.D. Ohio; 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 61569)....