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There's a new Ohio program for fire departments to dispose of Aqueous film forming foam (AFFF), to protect local water supplies and the environment from PFAS "forever chemicals."
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The Ohio EPA confirmed all biowaste has been removed from the site of the shuttered facility, around the same time that the federal lawsuit against Renergy was terminated.
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A Piqua city committee will look into a lithium-ion battery burning site after the Ohio EPA revoked the Piqua Fire Department and ESRG's open burn permit.
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Renergy's facility in Bath Township in Greene County, Ohio, was ordered to shut down last September. It requested an extension the day before the Ohio EPA deadline.
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Road salt use has doubled in the U.S., and it's polluting water. How Ohio is trying to prevent that.Salt is important to road safety during the winter months, but it can also affect water quality. So the Ohio EPA is working to decrease this form of pollution.
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$1 million will be distributed to local municipalities for equipment upgrades to prevent the over-application of salt on roads.
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This month, a Columbus appeals court told the Ohio Utility Group–a group made up of regional coal companies–that they do have to follow Ohio EPA regulations regarding the industrial waste they produce.
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Township officials contacted the Ohio EPA on Thursday, June 15 about an unknown foam material that was causing a fish kill in the Little Beaver Creek.
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If confirmed by the Ohio Senate, Anne Vogel will replace director Laurie Stevenson, who is set to retire at the end of the year.
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The planning process for the clean-up of thousands of gallons of industrial waste at the Tremont City Barrel Fill site in Clark County is underway. However, officials told WYSO that it will still be a while until shovels hit the ground and waste starts to be hauled off from–or reinterred at–the former dump.
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The state of Ohio has tried to transfer which government agency oversees that disposal of factory farm manure for more than 20 years. The federal government has finally said no after decades of back and forth.
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The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency awarded $7.9 million in grants to some local counties to build charging ports for electric vehicles last week.