FILE - A sign regulates passage into an inlet at a coastal mangrove estuary off Port Manatee, April 6, 2021, in Palmetto, Manatee County, Fla. On Monday, July 8, 2024, environmental groups and Florida regulators settled a lawsuit over the 2021 leak of millions of gallons of polluted water from a phosphate plant reservoir into Tampa Bay, which triggered major fish kills and the temporary evacuation of dozens of nearby residents. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP, File)
FILE - This aerial photo taken from an airplane shows a reservoir near the old Piney Point phosphate mine on April 3, 2021, in Bradenton, Fla. On Monday, July 8, 2024, environmental groups and Florida regulators settled a lawsuit over the 2021 leak of millions of gallons of polluted water from the reservoir into Tampa Bay, which triggered major fish kills and the temporary evacuation of dozens of nearby residents. (Tiffany Tompkins/The Bradenton Herald via AP, File)
FILE - Effluent flows from a pipe into a drainage ditch at Port Manatee South Gate, April 6, 2021, in Palmetto, Fla. On Monday, July 8, 2024, environmental groups and Florida regulators settled a lawsuit over the 2021 leak of millions of gallons of polluted water from a phosphate plant reservoir into Tampa Bay, which triggered major fish kills and the temporary evacuation of dozens of nearby residents. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP, File)