August 22, 2024, Press Release from the Office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost: (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pause a federal rule that forces states and power plants to comply with “unrealistic” and “unlawful” regulations targeting air pollution. In a filing with the court, Yost and the attorney general of Kansas oppose a recent Environmental Protection Agency rule that gives coal-fired power plants an ultimatum: Capture and store 90% of carbon emissions or shut down within eight years.

A letter received by Lima water customers has many consumers concerned. The Lima Utilities Department assures residents that the water is safe to consume. The Environmental Protection Agency requires water departments to report if any levels are higher than the EPA standards found in normal testing of the water. The water department found that there was a slight increase in one specific chemical that can form during the water treatment process.

The City of Lima is finishing up phase one and heading into phase two of its lead service line replacement program. Letters are being mailed to water customers that may have lead water service pipes. The EPA requires that those pipes be replaced. The city has received grant money to replace those lines free of charge to the residents. Phase one had 500 hundred letters sent out with 200 lines being replaced. There will be several phases with letters being sent out as the city has around 25,000 water customers. Not all of them have lead pipes and the department is trying to find out who still has them.