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Residents urge Wood County commissioners to press OEPA on air permit for proposed Apollo gas plant
Summary
At the April 16 Wood County commissioners meeting, local residents urged the board to challenge an Ohio EPA air permit for a proposed Apollo gas power plant at the Meta site in Middleton Township, citing concerns about carbon monoxide emissions, startup/shutdown pollution, and a looming May 1 comment deadline.
At the April 16 meeting of the Wood County Board of Commissioners, local residents urged officials to scrutinize and challenge an air permit the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency issued for a proposed Apollo gas power plant at the Meta site in Middleton Township.
Leatra Harper, managing director of the Fresh Water Accountability Project, told the commissioners she moved back to Bowling Green in part to avoid nearby fracking and said she did not want to spend her retirement fighting new fossil‑fuel projects. "We have until May 1 to provide information showing a totally deficient air permit and to hold the OEPA and the polluting power plant…
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