The Ohio EPA’s Total Maximum Daily Load plan for the Maumee River watershed, submitted on June 30 to the U.S. EPA, isn’t good enough because it doesn’t regulate manure generated by large livestock operations, contends a senior attorney for the Environmental Law and Policy Center in Chicago. Read the full story by The Courier.
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