12/27/2023
WT-Staff
HAZARDOUS SPILLS
December 27, 2023
24-HOUR EMERGENCY SPILL HOTLINE 1-800-282-9378 or 614-224-0946
Report spills and environmental emergencies to Ohio EPA 24-hours a day, 365 days a year
Dec 24, 2023
- 2000 gallons of propane released on W Townline Rd in Richmond Township - Huron
- unknown amount of aluminum - beryllium and lithium reported spilled on County Hwy 71 in Springfield Township - Muskingum
Dec 23, 2023
- unknown amount of natural gas condensate and 400 gallons crude oil reported spilled on Cadiz Rd in Madison Township - Guernsey - 100 gallons recovered
Dec 22, 2023
- sheen reported from an unknown source off OH-30 in Bucyrus - Crawford
- unknown amount of wastewater reported spilled on Southwest Blvd in Grove City - Franklin
Dec 21, 2023
- unknown amount of unknown material reported spilled on Allen Ave in Hamilton - Butler
- unknown amount of motor oil reported spilled on US-320 in Jefferson Township - Preble
- 35 gallons of trade name mixture reported spilled on Harrison Ave in Defiance - Defiance
- unknown amount of wastewater reported spilled on South 2nd St in West Union - Adams- East Fork River impacted
Dec 20, 2023
- unknown amount of unknown material reported spilled on Spring Grove Ave in Cincinnati - Hamilton
- unknown amount of unknown material and paint reported spilled off I-71 in Mansfield - Richland - 260 gallons paint recovered
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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