Superfund Site
The river was placed on the Environmental Protection Agency's National Priorities List on September 23, 2009. The river had been contaminated by the nearby Baker Wood Creosoting facility in Marion, Ohio. Cleanup at the site began in 2006, but designating the river a Superfund site in 2009 allowed the EPA to force the responsible parties to pay for the cleanup.
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