Articles About environmental contamination

• EPA to address latest Vernay cleanup plan

  By Megan BachmanOctober 24, 2019

  

  Two decades have passed since extensive contamination was discovered at the former rubber manufacturing facility. Under order from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Vernay has taken steps to stem the flow of contaminants in the groundwater under residential neighborhoods.

• Environmental news — EPA responds to Vernay cleanup plan

  By Megan BachmanOctober 25, 2018

  

  It’s been 16 years since Vernay Laboratories began working under order of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to develop a plan to clean up contamination at and around the company’s former manufacturing facility at 875 Dayton St. But Vernay has more work to do before its final cleanup plan is approved.

• Village Council — Vernay cleanup plan probed

  By Megan BachmanSeptember 6, 2018

  

  A member of the Yellow Springs Environmental Commission urged Village Council at its Aug. 20 meeting to weigh in on a plan to clean up a highly contaminated industrial site in the village.

• Village Council— Clean Ohio grant discussed

  By Audrey HackettSeptember 17, 2015

  

  A vote on a proposed Clean Ohio grant application for the Glass Farm wetland was expected at Village Council’s Sept. 8 meeting, but members agreed to take action in response to environmental concerns first.

• Oil and water— Drilling stirs new concerns

  By Megan BachmanApril 19, 2012

  

  In the late 1800s northwestern Ohio was at the center of an oil boom, and Ohio became the world’s largest oil producer. Soon drilling moved to eastern and central Ohio, which is today at the center of another fossil fuel boom

• Many issues of village water

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 8, 2012

  Water. We can’t live without it. But chances are, we don’t spend much time thinking about it. And questions regarding water quality are edging closer to Yellow Springs.

• Drilling effects on groundwater questioned

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 2, 2012

  Despite a yearlong campaign by Yellow Springs and Miami Township residents and environmental activists urging that area landowners not lease their land for oil and gas drilling, three residents northwest of the village in Miami Township have signed lease agreements.

• Vernay site cleanup plans reviewed

  By Web AdminNovember 26, 2009

  It’s been seven years since Vernay Laboratories signed an order of consent with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to remediate the contamination centered on the former manufacturing facility on Dayton Street. Since that time, the company has moved its rubber parts production to Georgia and South Carolina, torn down the Dayton Street plant, welcomed Ed […]

• Tire burning nixed for now

  By Lauren HeatonNovember 13, 2008

  Late last week the Cemex Fairborn cement plant withdrew its request with the Regional Air Pollution Control Agency to test burn tires as a partial fuel for its manufacturing operations.

• Tire burn raises concerns

  By Virgil HerveyOctober 23, 2008

  Last May, after having been turned down in 2006 due to earlier air emissions and kiln violations, Cemex’s Fairborn cement plant received approval from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to conduct two 60-day tests using whole scrap tires for up to 30 percent of its fuel source.