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DOJ ends environmental justice agreement in Alabama county citing Trump

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Lowndes County is a rural Alabama county where most residents are Black.

Poverty, inadequate infrastructure and soil make it difficult for traditional septic tanks to work.

The Justice Department in 2023 said its probe found Alabama engaged in a pattern of inaction and neglect.

The Alabama Department of Public Health agreed to take several steps as part of the settlement.