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Council member reports black, red dye in creek traced to H and H Wood Fiber; EPA contacted
Summary
A council member told the Village of Mount Orab council that he traced black then red dye entering a local creek to H and H Wood Fiber, saying the discharge has 'voided the creek of any life at all'; he said he contacted the EPA and offered to bring samples for testing. Council asked staff to follow up and research enforcement options.
A council member at a Village of Mount Orab meeting said he traced black and red water entering a creek to a pipe behind H and H Wood Fiber and that the discharge appears to have killed aquatic life.
"That catch pond back there ... is absolutely positively filled with nothing but pure black water that is draining ... into the creek," the council member said, adding that "the concentration of it has voided the creek of any life at all. There's no snails. There's no water bugs. There's no minnows." He said he collected a…
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