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: Written by Kelly J. Kaczala; January 14, 2019; Hits: 493

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency held a public information session and hearing in Oregon City Council Chambers on Tuesday to give information on Envirosafe Services of Ohio, Inc.’s request to vertically expand Cell M, its only active hazardous waste disposal cell.

Comments from the public were accepted at the hearing. Written comments will be accepted until Jan. 18.

ESOI, located at 876 Otter Creek Road, submitted a permit modification to expand a portion of Cell M on May 11 last year. The Ohio EPA issued a draft approval for the modification November 9. The agency is required to act on the permit modification request on or before May 14 this year.

Currently, ESOI has approximately three years of remaining capacity. If the modification is approved, the expansion would increase capacity by about five additional years.

: Written by Kelly J. Kaczala; January 14, 2019; Hits: 642

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency recently received approval from the State Controlling Board to begin funding nearly $10 million in projects aimed toward helping to keep dredged material out of Lake Erie.

These projects are part of Ohio’s “Healthy Lake Erie Fund” efforts and will be managed by local officials and sponsors from Toledo, Lorain and Conneaut, the communities where these monies are being invested. These projects represent a portion of Ohio’s dredged material management program developed jointly by the Ohio EPA, ODNR, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with input from local stakeholders.

: Written by Staff writer; January 14, 2019; Hits: 503

Implementation of the Community Reinvestment Area program in Ottawa County has resulted in one business expansion and the pending opening of another, Jamie Beier Grant, director of the OCIC, said last week in the OCIC annual report for 2018.

In Clay Township, Owen’s Ark Veterinary Clinic broke ground in mid-2018 for an expansion at its office on State Rt. 51 and in the City of Port Clinton, RAR Hospitality cleared the former Travelodge site for the construction of a Fairfield Inn & Suites that is scheduled to open later this year.

: Written by Staff writer; January 14, 2019; Hits: 523

A sanitary sewer project in Erie Township will help reduce run-off into Lake Erie, the administrator of the Ottawa County Sanitary Engineering Department said last week, as the first phase of the project is completed.

: Written by Larry Limpf; January 14, 2019; Hits: 950

The Ohio Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case involving the role of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio in setting rate policy for FirstEnergy Corp. and its subsidiaries.

At issue is the approval by the PUCO of what is called a distribution modernization rider for three FirstEnergy companies, Ohio Edison, Cleveland Electric Illuminating and Toledo Edison, which distribute and transmit power service.