12/2/2024
Sarah Thiessen
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Hazardous Spill File
100 gallons of human sewage discharged into the Ohio River in the Upper Ohio Watershed
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Cedar-Portage Watershed: November 30, an unreported amount of hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide was released on Cedar Point Rd in Oregon, Lucas County.
Upper Ohio Watershed: November 30, 100 gallons of human sewage was discharged into the Ohio River off Old State Hwy 7 in Empire, Jefferson County.
Lower Maumee Watershed: November 27, an unreported amount of diesel and gasoline was released from a vehicle onto W the Oh-75 in Perrysburg, Wood 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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