http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/01_03-28/ENVChesapeake Bay Foundation sues EPA
Group claims federal government failed to force bay cleanup
By PAMELA WOOD, Staff Writer
Published January 03, 2009
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation plans to sue the federal government on Monday morning, saying the feds have abdicated their responsibility to clean up the bay.
The lawsuit will be filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., and will ask the court to order the Environmental Protection Agency to set up an enforceable plan to reduce pollution flowing into the bay.
"The lawsuit is about one thing and that is requiring EPA to enforce the Clean Water Act," said Will Baker, president of the nonprofit bay foundation, based in Bay Ridge.
Joining the foundation in the lawsuit are watermen's groups from Maryland and Virginia, the Maryland Saltwater Sportfishermen's Association and several former government officials from Maryland, Virginia and D.C.
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