Personal Note: A man EPA should be lauding in his efforts to preserve Ohio’s waterways is going to be fined $70,000 by Ohio EPA - which should clearly be viewed as 'abuse by opportunity' - and Attorney General Mike DeWine is filing suit against him. RK
County officials have big plans to build sewerage system throughout the jurisdiction over a 20-year period, but until then, most county residents handle their waste the way they always have – with septic systems. Only around 10 percent of those septic systems meet the standards of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, according to a 2007 estimate by the local health board. The big reason is cost. New compliant systems can cost up to $25,000, equal to the value of many properties in the region, which is far from wealthy…..“I believe that what they did when I happened to acquire the property is they saw me as somebody with the means to correct it, and they came after me,” Thompson said. “When I used the word selective enforcement, the attorney for the EPA said, ‘Gee I wish you wouldn’t use that term.’ And I said, ‘How else am I supposed to view this?’ All of Kinsman is out of compliance and you come and knock at my door.”
An editorial in the local Tribune-Chronicle summed up its view: “The OEPA should visit Kinsman to award Thompson a commendation for helping to improve the environment. Instead, the over-reaching and overzealous agency is trying to punish him.” To Read More…..
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