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The Tremont City Barrel Fill contains 300,000 gallons of industrial waste. Residents concerned about water contamination have been asking for remediation for decades.
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About 1,400 gallons of water blended with potassium cyanide and sodium cyanide were released after an equipment malfunction at Parker Trutec’s plant at the Prime Ohio II Industrial Park.
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Gas stations can be a contamination source, especially if they are abandoned. The city of Dayton officially cleaned up two former gas stations.
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The U.S. EPA's Superfund program includes the contaminated Valley Pike VOCs site in Riverside. Groundwater testing may soon identify more homes and businesses eligible for free environmental testing.
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Scott Smith shared results from testing near a lithium ion battery burning research site in Miami County. Both he and another scientist who reviewed the results recommend more testing.
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The PFAS annihilator is the only proven technology to completely destroy PFAS in aqueous film forming foam (or AFFF).
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A fire training site in Piqua, Ohio, became a hot spot for burning and testing lithium ion batteries. The way it was authorized meant few neighbors knew it was happening.
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Five Rivers MetroParks uses months of prep and a skilled team to safely hold prescribed burns for its prairie land. “The stakes are high when you're out here."
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There's a new Ohio program for fire departments to dispose of Aqueous film forming foam (AFFF), to protect local water supplies and the environment from PFAS "forever chemicals."
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The Ohio EPA confirmed all biowaste has been removed from the site of the shuttered facility, around the same time that the federal lawsuit against Renergy was terminated.
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A Piqua city committee will look into a lithium-ion battery burning site after the Ohio EPA revoked the Piqua Fire Department and ESRG's open burn permit.
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Renergy's facility in Bath Township in Greene County, Ohio, was ordered to shut down last September. It requested an extension the day before the Ohio EPA deadline.