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The Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (SWACO) was established by the Ohio General Assembly in 1989 as part of Ohio House Bill 592, which created Ohio’s current solid waste management planning and regulatory programs. [1] [2] SWACO is a government-run entity responsible for the safe and sanitary management of all solid waste within its ...
The landfill receives 2 million tons (2 × 10 6 kg) of household and industrial wastes annually. [2] Mount Rumpke is 1,075 feet (328 m) above sea level and the highest landform in Hamilton County, Ohio, clearly visible from U.S. Route 27. [1] [3] It is the largest landfill in the state of Ohio [3] and the sixth largest in the United States. [4]
This is a list of Superfund sites in Ohio designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law.The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
In the early 1840s, quarry activities began in the area to mine a narrow belt of Columbus and Delaware limestone [2] which stretched all the way from the Scioto River to the Olentangy River adjacent to Marble Cliff, Ohio. [citation needed] The Columbus formation stone was roughly 100 feet thick with the Delaware limestone deposit above at 16 to ...
Category 2 post-closures may have utilities, light structures or paving. [3] Examples include Settler's Hill Landfill in Illinois - now golf courses and a minor league baseball field or the Germantown Sanitary Landfill in Wisconsin that is now a ski slope. Category 3 post-closures are usually characterized by inclusion of major structures. [3]
Gowdy Field is a former garden, athletic field, landfill, and now business park located in Columbus, Ohio. [1]The land was originally annexed in 1921. The site is situated on the west side of Olentangy River Road near the Goodale interchange, just west of State Route 315, south of 3rd Avenue and east of the CSX railroad tracks.
The 2018-2019 Ohio Municipal, Township and School Board Roster (maintained by the Ohio Secretary of State) lists 1,308 townships, with a 2010 population totaling 5,623,956. [1] When paper townships are excluded, but name variants counted separately (e.g. "Brush Creek" versus "Brushcreek", "Vermilion" versus "Vermillion"), there are 618 ...
There are 187 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Summit County, including 3 National Historic Landmarks. The city of Akron is the location of 63 of these properties and districts, including 2 of the National Historic Landmarks; they are listed here, while the 124 sites and 1 National Historic Landmark located elsewhere ...