12/31/2024
Sarah Thiessen
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Hazardous Spill File
Human sewage released into the Great Miami River in the Upper Great Miami Watershed
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Little Muskingum: December 29th, 84 gallons of crude oil was released along Ward Hollow Rd in Grandview Township, Washington County and has impacted Jackson Run. December 27th, an unreported amount of crude oil was discharged onto Energy Hwy in Washington Township, Monroe County and into an unnamed body of water.
Upper Scioto Watershed: December 30th, 70 gallons of transformer oil was reported spilled off Big Walnut Park in Columbus, Franklin County.
Upper Great Miami Watershed: December 29th, an unreported amount of human sewage was discharged off Little York Rd in Vandalia, Montgomery County and into the Great Miami River.
Lower Maumee Watershed: December 28th, an unknown amount of petroleum oil was released off North Summit St in Toledo, Lucas County and into the Maumee River.
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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