/tags/ohio-epa Ohio EPA en-US Copyright Fri, 25 Jul 2025 20:53:38 GMT /2025-07-25/toxic-chemicals-contained-by-shuttering-chillicothe-pixelle-plant-could-infect-air-and-groundwater The Ohio EPA is asking the owners of the Everwear plant to replace wells that regulate toxic underground plume beneath the city of Chillicothe. The nearby Pixelle paper mill closing not only leaves hundreds of people without jobs, but also presents a challenge to future containment of the chemicals. Fri, 25 Jul 2025 20:53:38 GMT /2025-07-25/toxic-chemicals-contained-by-shuttering-chillicothe-pixelle-plant-could-infect-air-and-groundwater George Shillcock /2025-07-22/ohios-poised-to-remove-rule-that-allows-residents-to-sue-air-polluters Ohio’s newly passed budget bill included an amendment that seeks to remove an air nuisance rule that let residents sue polluters. Tue, 22 Jul 2025 21:34:53 GMT /2025-07-22/ohios-poised-to-remove-rule-that-allows-residents-to-sue-air-polluters Adriana Martinez-Smiley /2024-11-14/how-will-ohio-replace-its-750-000-lead-based-water-lines The state has the third-highest number of the lines in the nation. One Ohio city shows a pathway to removing them. Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:15:00 GMT /2024-11-14/how-will-ohio-replace-its-750-000-lead-based-water-lines Becca Costello, WVXU /2024-07-02/how-do-you-clean-up-three-acres-of-trash-one-ohio-communitys-about-to-find-out The Ohio EPA is cleaning up an illegal dump site in Clermont County. Tue, 02 Jul 2024 10:11:45 GMT /2024-07-02/how-do-you-clean-up-three-acres-of-trash-one-ohio-communitys-about-to-find-out Kendall Crawford /2024-04-29/environmental-protections-for-big-darby-watershed-may-expand-to-five-more-ohio-counties A meeting for the expansion of protections to Logan, Union, Champaign, Madison and Pickaway counties is set for 6 p.m. Tuesday at Tolles Career Center in Plain City. Mon, 29 Apr 2024 20:12:30 GMT /2024-04-29/environmental-protections-for-big-darby-watershed-may-expand-to-five-more-ohio-counties Allie Vugrincic /2024-01-03/new-h2ohio-grant-program-will-helproad-salt-runoff-water-contamination $1 million will be distributed to local municipalities for equipment upgrades to prevent the over-application of salt on roads. Wed, 03 Jan 2024 18:42:24 GMT /2024-01-03/new-h2ohio-grant-program-will-helproad-salt-runoff-water-contamination Adriana Martinez-Smiley /2023-12-11/water-quality-program-h2ohio-expanding-rivers Gov. Mike DeWine says the H2Ohio program will now test for forever chemicals in 29 of the state's large rivers. Mon, 11 Dec 2023 18:32:22 GMT /2023-12-11/water-quality-program-h2ohio-expanding-rivers Nick Swartsell /2023-08-11/epa-weighs-formal-review-of-vinyl-chloride-the-toxic-chemical-that-burned-in-ohio-train-derailment Environmental and public health activists cheered the development, saying EPA should have banned vinyl chloride years ago. Fri, 11 Aug 2023 20:15:48 GMT /2023-08-11/epa-weighs-formal-review-of-vinyl-chloride-the-toxic-chemical-that-burned-in-ohio-train-derailment /2023-03-30/does-columbus-really-have-the-most-polluted-air-among-all-major-u-s-cities A new international air quality monitoring report is making some big claims about pollutants in Columbus. Thu, 30 Mar 2023 12:06:17 GMT /2023-03-30/does-columbus-really-have-the-most-polluted-air-among-all-major-u-s-cities Renee Fox /news/2022-09-21/ohio-epa-approves-intels-air-permit-to-install-four-chip-manufacturing-facilities Nearby residents in Licking County had raised concerns about the pollutants in the permit. The permit lists at least eight different toxins and other particulate matter like dust or smoke. Wed, 21 Sep 2022 17:25:04 GMT /news/2022-09-21/ohio-epa-approves-intels-air-permit-to-install-four-chip-manufacturing-facilities Tyler Thompson