http://wyso.org en http://wyso.org/post/environmentalists-want-feds-oversee-odnr-s-authority-over-injection-and-extraction-wells <p>Some environmentalists are asking the federal Environmental Protection Agency to do a full audit and investigation of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, the state agency that grants permits for injection and extraction wells. Brian Rothenberg of Progress Ohio says the state agency is not doing due diligence in regulating those wells in Ohio.</p> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:04:00 +0000 Jo Ingles (Ohio Public Radio) 30521 at http://wyso.org http://wyso.org/post/funding-limits-testing-lake-pollution-ohio <p>COLUMBUS, Ohio - State officials and advocates say available funding limits how much testing is done to identify Ohio lake pollution and problems in several areas.</p><p>The Columbus Dispatch reports the amount spent on testing is less than $200,000 a year.</p><p>The Environmental Protection Agency has about $80,000 for testing annually. Officials at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources say they spent nearly that much last year to test for toxic blue-green algae at 20 areas, including the troubled Grand Lake St. Marys between Dayton and Toledo.</p> Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:38:08 +0000 Associated Press 3095 at http://wyso.org Funding Limits Testing for Lake Pollution in Ohio