12/12/2023
WT Staff
HAZARDOUS SPILLS
December 12, 2023
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Dec 10, 2023
- 53 gallons of diesel reported spilled on Mayfield Rd in Chester Township - Geauga
- unknown amount of brown material reported spilled on OH-75 in Coventry Township - Summit
- unknown amount of unknown material reported spilled on OH-111 in Weathersfield Township - Trumbull
Dec 9, 2023
- unknown amount of petroleum oil reported spilled at Washington Court House City School in Washington Court House - Fayette County East Fork Paint Creek impacted
Dec 8 , 2023
- 1000 gallons of blue material and unknown amount of human sewage reported spilled at Arrowhead Drive and Stitt Rd in Monclova Township - Lucas County - 2000 gallons of sewage recovered
- 40 gallons of transformer oil reported spilled on Crile Rd in Concord Township - Lake - 58 gallons recovered
- 40 gallons of diesel reported spilled on E Court St in Cincinnati - Hamilton
Dec 7, 2023
- unknown amount of human sewage reported spilled on Wesbelt Dr in Columbus - Franklin
- 5 gallons of bentonite reported spilled on Taylor Rd in Union Township - Tuscarawas- Unnamed waterbody impacted
- unknown amount of acetone reported spilled on I-71 in Berkshire Township - Delaware - 10 gallons recovered
More to follow
From last week:
Dec 4, 2023
- sewage biosolids reported impacting the Ottawa River in Toledo - Lucas County
- 100 gallons of gasoline and unknown amount of diesel fuel reported spilled related to a vehicle accident on I-77 and Schneiders Crossing OH-80 at Dover - Tuscarawas County - 100 gallons of diesel recovered
- 50 gallons of diesel fuel reported spilled from a vehicle on or off the road at the intersection of Ruskin and Earlham Drive in Dayton - Montgomery County
Dec 3, 2023
- unknown amount of chemical reported spilled on Francis Ave in Cleveland - Cuyahoga
- unknown amount of white material reported spilled on OH-46 in Canfield Township - Mahoning- Anderson Creek impacted
Dec 2, 2023
- sheen noted off E 204 St in Euclid - Cuyahoga- Lake Erie impacted
- unknown amount of diesel reported spilled on South Main St in Coventry Township - Summit
- unknown amount of unknown trade name mixture reported spilled on OH-183 in Minerva - Stark
- unknown amount of diesel reported spilled on Claridon Troy Rd in Burton Township - Geauga
- unknown amount of unknown trade name mixture reported spilled on OH-274 in York Township - Union
Nov 30, 2023
- 50 gallons of transformer oil reported spilled on 1st St in Westlake - Cuyahoga
- 1000 gallons of lime sludge reported spilled off Cleveland Ave in Ashland - Ashland- Cuyahoga- Unnamed waterbody impacted
- 60 gallons of diesel reported spilled on S Winter St in Yellow Springs - Greene
- unknown amount of chemicals reported spilled on Hatch Rd in Harlem Township - Delaware
Nov 29, 2023
- 1 gallon of sodium hydroxide reported spilled off Ohio to Erie Trail in Cincinnati - Hamilton- Cuyahoga- Ohio river impacted
- unknown amount of gasoline reported spilled on South Dixie Hwy in Shawnee Township - Allen
- unknown amount of diesel reported spilled on OH-77 in Bath Township - Summit
- unknown amount of diesel reported spilled on OH-71 in Columbus - Franklin- Cuyahoga- Unnamed waterbody impacted
Nov 28, 2023
- unknown amount of unknown petroleum reported spilled on N High St in Hillsboro - Highland
- unknown amount of gasoline reported spilled on US Route 127 in Wabash Township - Darke
- 1 gallon of pain reported spilled on W Akron St in Ellsworth Township - Mahoning
- unknown amount of acrylontrile, hydrogen cyanide and unknown trade name mixture reproted spilled on Ft Amanda Rd in Shawnee Township - Allen
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 Ohio CrimeBox for more information on criminal prosecutions under the CWA.
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