H.C.R. No. 25 Summary

• Urges the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator to declare the open waters of Western Lake Erie impaired under the federal Clean Water Act

• Criticizes the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for failing to include Western Lake Erie's open waters on its impaired waters list despite toxic algal blooms occurring in those waters

• States Lake Erie faces a water quality crisis from phosphorous pollution sourced from manure, commercial fertilizer, sewage plants, septic systems, and other sources that render waters unsafe for recreation and drinking

• Notes Michigan's Department of Environmental Quality included Lake Erie's open waters on its impaired waters list, which the EPA approved

• Directs the House Clerk to transmit copies of the resolution to OEPA Director, EPA Administrator, Ohio's Congressional delegation, Ohio news media, and wire services