The Guardians of Grand Lake St. Marys (GOGLSM) is pleased with the firing of Ohio Department of Agriculture, Director David Daniels but they ask for more firings. Director Daniels has been complicit in the pollution of Ohio’s waterways but he has not acted alone. Daniels has colluded with OH Department of Natural Resources Director James Zehringer, OH EPA Director Craig Butler, Ohio Representative Keith Faber and Attorney General Mike DeWine to protect agribusiness in Ohio at all costs.
Countless studies, bogus projects, misinformation campaigns by the Kasich Administration has given the public the impression that they are working hard to clean-up Ohio’s waterways. The Administration has been slow to act on Freedom of Information Act requests for manure management plans prevent the public from examining manure management plans.
In 2010, Grand Lake St. Marys (GLSM) experienced a lake-wide blue-green algae bloom. Full disclosure of the cause of the approximate 20,000ppb microcystins levels in GLSM have never been released. The Administration will claim they have spent nearly $40 million in its attempt to clean up Grand Lake St. Marys but in reality, these funds were spent on projects that had little chance of improving the lake.
Scientific research has proven the frozen ground legislation passed in March, 2013 has made miniscule but definite improvement in Grand Lake St. Marys. Now, the Ohio Department of Agriculture is moving forward to remove this legislation (Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) Chapter 901:13-1 (11, 19, 20, and 99). GOGLSM asks Gov. Kasich to veto this legislation if it reaches his desk.
With only three months left in his administration, Gov. Kasich can take some quick actions to start the processes for cleaning up Ohio’s waterways, including designating all qualifying bodies of water as distressed, requiring TMDLs (Total Maximum Daily Load) for these waterways and require clean-up solutions that are supported by scientific research and have permanent solution for preventing these Ohio disaster areas.
Countless studies, bogus projects, misinformation campaigns by the Kasich Administration has given the public the impression that they are working hard to clean-up Ohio’s waterways. The Administration has been slow to act on Freedom of Information Act requests for manure management plans prevent the public from examining manure management plans.
In 2010, Grand Lake St. Marys (GLSM) experienced a lake-wide blue-green algae bloom. Full disclosure of the cause of the approximate 20,000ppb microcystins levels in GLSM have never been released. The Administration will claim they have spent nearly $40 million in its attempt to clean up Grand Lake St. Marys but in reality, these funds were spent on projects that had little chance of improving the lake.
Scientific research has proven the frozen ground legislation passed in March, 2013 has made miniscule but definite improvement in Grand Lake St. Marys. Now, the Ohio Department of Agriculture is moving forward to remove this legislation (Ohio Administrative Code (OAC) Chapter 901:13-1 (11, 19, 20, and 99). GOGLSM asks Gov. Kasich to veto this legislation if it reaches his desk.
With only three months left in his administration, Gov. Kasich can take some quick actions to start the processes for cleaning up Ohio’s waterways, including designating all qualifying bodies of water as distressed, requiring TMDLs (Total Maximum Daily Load) for these waterways and require clean-up solutions that are supported by scientific research and have permanent solution for preventing these Ohio disaster areas.