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City and Counties

Ohio EPA Audit Finds Longstanding Gaps In Galion Wastewater Oversight

An Ohio Environmental Protection Agency audit has documented broad deficiencies in Galion’s oversight of industrial wastewater, including years without City-conducted sampling, expired industrial discharge permits and an enforcement plan that could not be located and was not being implemented. The 46-page audit was conducted July 15 and 16 and transmitted…

Part Four: Who Is Championing Galion?

Part Three of this series examined why Galion’s approaching utility obligations make population and business growth more than an abstract civic ambition. The next question is whether the city’s present economic-development structure is producing the projects and investment needed to broaden the base supporting those obligations. The current development pipeline…