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EPA to extend comment period on Michindoh Sole-Source Aquifer petition until April 16

Release Date: 01/29/2010
Contact Information: Karen Thompson, 312-353-8547, thompson.karen@epa.gov

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
No. 10-OPA008

Chicago (Jan. 29, 2010) -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has given the public more time to comment on an application from the city of Bryan, Ohio, to designate the Michindoh Aquifer as the sole source of drinking water for an area comprising nine counties. After two public meetings and a public hearing in January, EPA decided to extend the comment period until Friday, April 16.

The proposed Michindoh Sole-Source Aquifer designation would include parts of Allen, DeKalb and Steuben counties in Indiana; Branch, Hillsdale and Lenawee counties in Michigan; and Defiance and Fulton counties, and all of Williams County in Ohio.

When EPA designates an aquifer as the sole source of drinking water for an area, it must review all federally funded projects in the area to determine potential for contaminating the aquifer. No federal funds may be spent on projects which EPA determines may contaminate the aquifer.

A copy of the Michindoh Sole-Source Aquifer Petition is available for review at:

• EPA’s regional office in Chicago, 77 W. Jackson Blvd.
• Online at https://www.epa.gov/region5/water/gwdw/index.htm.
• Bryan Municipal Utilities, 841 Edgerton St., Bryan, Ohio.
• Williams County Public Library, 107 E. High St., Bryan, Ohio.
• Hillsdale Community Library, 11 E. Bacon St., Hillsdale, Mich.
• Lenawee County Library, 4459 W. U.S. 223, Adrian, Mich.
• Hudson Public Library, 205 S. Market St., Hudson, Mich.
• Butler Public Library, 340 S. Broadway, Butler, Ind