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Sarah Thiessen
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January 17 2025 1202 pm EST
Hazardous Spill File
2000 gallons of brine oil released in the Ohio Brush Whiteoak
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Cedar Portage: January 14th, an unreported amount of diesel was released from a vehicle on the OH-75 in Rossford, Wood County.
Upper Scioto Watershed: January 14th, an unreported amount of diesel was released from a vehicle onto Westfield Fulton Rd in Westfield Township, Morrow County.
Ohio Brush - White Oak Watershed: January 13th, 2000 gallons of Brine deicing fluid was released along Hillman Ridge Rd in Pleasant Township, Brown County. An unnamed waterbody was impacted.
Grand Watershed: January 13th, 100 gallons of hazardous waste was reported off Lakeland Fwy in Painesville Township, Fulton County.
See last week's spill report here.
Spills, fish kills, rainbow sheen and releases of contaminants in the state of Ohio as reported to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Response. Users of this data should be aware that inconsistencies and inaccuracies may exist if these data are compared to data from other time periods due to changes in methods of data collection and mapping.
WTOH reports spills from OEPA with the following features:
- 40 gallons or more of petroleum product
- toxic chemical materials, corrosives spills of any amount
- all spills impacting water
Spills marked with asterisk are followed up with Ohio EPA authorities for additional information on the clean-up and recovery, including notices of violation and charges under State environmental statutes, federal charges under the Clean Water Act. See historic criminal CWA prosecutions See last week's CrimeBox here.
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