Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
- Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
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The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) is a government agency in the state of Ohio charged with maintaining environmental quality. It was created on October 23, 1972 when previously separate environmental programs where combined into a single department.
Mission statement
"To protect the environment and public health by ensuring compliance with environmental laws and demonstrating leadership in environmental stewardship."" [1]
Districts
The Ohio EPA has a central office in Columbus, Ohio and five district offices
Projects and sites of interest
These are sites of "interest" that are listed on the Ohio EPA web site[2]
| Project Name |
Location (City/County) |
| American Municipal Power |
Letart Falls, Ohio - Meigs County, Ohio |
| Apex Sanitary Landfill (Apex Environmental, LLC) |
Amsterdam, Ohio - Jefferson County |
| Clyde Environmental Investigation |
Clyde, Ohio - Sandusky County |
| Countywide Recycling and Disposal |
East Sparta, Ohio - Stark County |
| Grand Lake St. Marys |
Grand Lake St. Marys, Ohio - Augulaize and Mercer County |
| Middletown Coke Company (SunCoke) |
Middletown, Ohio - Butler County |
| New Steel International, Inc. (MMK Americas) |
Franklin, Ohio - Warren County, Ohio |
| Ohio River Clean Fuels, LLC |
Yellow Creek Township - Columbiana County, Ohio |
| Ohio River Clean Fuels, LLC |
Saline Township - Jefferson County, OH |
See also
References
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
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