Settlement Reported in Federal Suit Over Everglades Pollution
A tentative settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit against Florida over pollution of the ailing Everglades wetlands, an official said Wednesday.
Gov. Lawton Chiles and U.S. Atty. Gen. Dick Thornburgh were expected to announce the deal today in West Palm Beach, said U.S. Atty. Dexter Lehtinen, who filed the lawsuit.
“As far as I’m concerned it has all the elements that we’ve always sought,” Lehtinen said. He and other officials close to the case would not give details of the tentative pact.
The Everglades in southern Florida are about 100 miles long and 50 to 75 miles wide. Everglades National Park covers 2,000 square miles within that area. The lawsuit accuses the state of breaking its own laws by sending polluted water into Everglades National Park.
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