Ohio Federal Judge: Proposed Consent Decree Amendments Would Pollute National Park

(March 5, 2024, 2:20 PM EST) -- AKRON, Ohio — Adopting amendments proposed by Akron would allow the city to discharge around 100 million gallons of untreated sewage into Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CVNP), an Ohio federal judge found in denying the city’s motion to amend a consent decree that resolved Clean Water Act (CWA) claims arising from overflows of untreated sewage brought against the city by the United States....