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Maumee River Watershed, the major source of incentives that have already proven worthless
algae-forming runoff that flows into western is why the US EPA should reject the plan,”
Lake Erie. It literally pours millions of gallons says Burke. Notably, when US EPA finds the
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of untreated animal manure from massive Ohio proposal unacceptable, terms of Judge
confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs) Carr’s consent order could grant the state
that is spread on farm fields as fertilizer but agency up to five additional months to refine
subsequently drains into the lake. and strengthen its plan.
There are countless regulations But one thing’s certain for now: Lake Erie
controlling the discharge of pollutants into ends summer ‘23 without any solid plan, and
waterways, but none that address this type the battle will drag on into winter. And, here’s
Ohio’s algae plan of discharge. Moreover, there’s no way Lake a head shaker - it’s been reported Ohio offi-
cials are currently reviewing applications for
Erie can be cleaned up without telling the
CAFO’s their animal waste must be handled licensing even more big CAFO’s!
won’t get it done and treated in a totally different way. No annual life with “slime time” will come to
Says one observer: “We’re hopeful our
small challenge for sure, but the lake and
the law require a solution. a proper end, but the actions so obviously
Now the legal clock is running again. needed to protect Lake Erie have thus far been
The consent decree requires the U.S. EPA handled by the firm of Dilly, Dally and Delay!
to approve or reject the Ohio EPA’s draft MAB
TMDL within 90 days or
by September 30. If it’s
By Norm Schultz for more than two decades it has been known found unacceptable, as
that it violates the Clean Water Act. Effective expected, US EPA must
To its credit, the Ohio Environmental Protec- action is long overdue,” Burke adds. then prepare its own
tion Agency met a court-ordered June 30 dead- A court-ordered consent decree was issued TMDL within five months
line for submitting to US EPA a management by U.S. District Judge James Carr following following. And, under the
plan to end the annual “green slime time” in a lawsuit filed by the Environmental Law & consent decree, the Envi-
Lake Erie. Unfortunately, the plan clearly falls Policy Center and the Lucas County Commis- ronmental Law & Policy
short of need and should be rejected. sioners against the U.S. EPA. The decree Center and the Lucas
“This plan fails to effectively set total required the Ohio EPA to submit a TMDL plan County Commissioners
maximum daily limits (TMDL) of phosphorus for the lake to the U.S. EPA by June 30. Essen- smartly retained the right
and nitrogen-laden runoff that annually pours tially, a TMDL sets the limits for pollutants to challenge the EPA’s
into western Lake Erie,” contends Michelle the lake can tolerate and meet requirements approval or any subse-
Burke, executive director of the Boating in the Clean Water Act. quent proposed plan.
Associations of Ohio, one of several environ- TMDLs aren’t new. They exist widely in “The lack of actions
mentally-concerned organizations calling for many parts of the country for smaller bodies in the Ohio EPA plan
more action to protect Lake Erie. of water, including some in Ohio. But none for critical control of the
“The runoff is the primary trigger for the exist for one as big as western Lake Erie. manure-based runoff
annual toxic algae blooms in our lake, and Specifically, this TMDL would be for the beyond some voluntary

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