AG POLLUTION ABATEMENT

Ohio's Agricultural Pollution Abatement Program (APAP) may provide farmers with cost share assistance to develop and implement best management practices (BMP) to protect Ohio's streams, creeks, and rivers. This program has been successful in helping to alleviate concerns associated with agricultural production and silvicultural operations which can create soil erosion and manure runoff. Nonpoint source (NPS) pollution occurs when precipitation picks up contaminants and carries them to a watercourse.

The APAP is administered by ODNR-Division of Soil and Water Resources and implemented locally by all 88 Soil and Water Conservation Districts. Farmers wanting to know more about the program need to contact their local SWCD for technical and potential financial assistance
Ohio NRCS 590 Standard
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SWCD SOP for Handling Pollution Complaints
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Manure Stockpiling Job Sheet
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OH634 - Waste Transfer
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Ag Pollution Abatement - FAQs
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Report a Spill (24/7):  800-282-9378

The Ohio EPA Spill Hotline allows you to report release of any material that impacts public health or the environment, including chemicals and petroleum products. Be prepared with as much of the following information as possible:
  • Responsible party (name of carrier, owner,operator or facility).
  • Date/time (discovered/occurred).
  • Location (address, cross street, mile marker).
  • Material(s) (chemical, product, or common name).
  • Quantity (estimated release/total).
  • Hazards (extremely hazardous substance, placard, materials safety data sheet [MSDS]).
  • Affected media/area (air, land or waterway, including threats to ditches, sewers, streams).
  • Actions/notifications (evacuations,containment, contractor hired).
  • Contacts on scene (responder cell phone number, responsible party, contractor, facility point of contact).
  • Other useful information (truck DOT or rail car number, chemical UN ID number, MSDS, etc.).
To read the Ohio Administrative Code (OAC 901: 13-1-01 to 13-1-99) outlining the agriculture pollution abatement rules and standards, click the button on the right.