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Residents press Martins Ferry officials for answers on Austin Master Services contamination
Summary
Two residents told the council the former Austin Master Services site near the city's water source still shows contamination and urged the city to obtain testing results and track the U.S. EPA investigation; city officials said ODNR and EPA actions are underway and the city adjusted its source-water protection zone.
Bev Reid, an Ohio Valley resident representing the Buckeye Environmental Network, asked Martins Ferry City Council on Jan. 29 to press state and federal agencies for documents and tests related to the former Austin Master Services (AMS) oil-and-gas waste processing facility located near the city's drinking-water source. "Early 2021 ... this is when we first learned about the concerning operations at Austin Master Services," Reid said, and she urged the city to request ODNR sampling reports and to share the city's groundwater-monitoring data with residents.
Reid told the council the state…
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