Two environmental groups sued Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin in Florida Tuesday for failing to update 1990s-era pollution standards for clean water in the state.

In the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Jacksonville, Florida Waterkeeper and the Environmental Defense Alliance, an Alabama-based nonprofit, say the EPA vowed to provide new rules for Florida after both groups petitioned the agency. The feds provide a numeric criteria for toxic pollutants that can harm humans and wildlife, and states then adopt them.

In 2022, the EPA concluded that Florida needed to update pollution limits for nearly 80 toxic pollutants.

“Specifically, EPA has determined that new and revised human health criteria (HHC) are needed to protect against adverse human health effects

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