Earlier this month in Canton, Ohio, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for Water Bruno Pigott celebrated a $46 million investment in the Canton Water Department. 

Conditions in the Black River Area of Concern (AOC), have vastly improved over the last 30 years, bringing the Black River AOC one step closer to recovery. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) has approved the removal of the Fish Tumors or Other Deformities Beneficial Use Impairment (BUI).

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced a proposal to ban all uses of trichloroethylene (TCE), an extremely toxic chemical known to cause serious health risks including cancer, neurotoxicity and reproductive toxicity. TCE is used in cleaning and furniture care products, degreasers, brake cleaners, and tire repair sealants, and a variety of safer alternatives are readily available for many uses.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently approved Ohio’s plan to reduce the amount of phosphorus flowing from the Maumee River into Lake Erie’s western basin.

This month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced more than $4 million from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to expand recycling infrastructure and waste management systems across Ohio.

This month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded $100,000 to Ohio University in Athens, as part of the Environmental Education Grants Program. The funding will be used to support a climate literacy project.

Conditions in the Maumee Area of Concern (AOC), one of the largest AOCs in the eight Great Lakes states, have vastly improved over the last 30 years, bringing the Maumee AOC one step closer to full restoration.