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Sarah Thiessen
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January 30 2025 1124 am EST
Hazardous Spill File
4258027 gallons of storm water released in the Ashtabula Watershed
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Sandusky Watershed: January 20th, an unreported amount of an unknown material was released on Southwest St in Bellevue, Sandusky County.
Cuyahoga Watershed: January 20th, 180 gallons of transformer oil was discharged onto Industrial Parkway in Akron, Summit County.
Upper Scioto Watershed: January 20th, an unknown amount of human sewage was released from Etna Rd in Whitehall, Franklin County.
Auglaize Watershed: January 20th, 500 lbs of sulfur dioxide was released on South Metcalf St in Shawnee Township, Allen County.
Little Miami Watershed: January 19th, 200 gallons of diesel reported spilled from a vehicle off the road onto the OH-75 in West Chester Township, Butler County.
Raccoon-Symmes Watershed: January 18th, an unreported amount of human sewage was released on Township Route 304 in Windsor Township, Lawrence County.
Ashtabula Watershed: January 18th, 4258027 gallons of storm water was released on Ford Ave in Conneaut, Ashtabula 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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