Ohio EPA Meeting Set for Phillips Drive Bank Restoration Application
Ohio EPA will hold a virtual public hearing to take comments on an application for a water quality certification related to the proposed Phillips Drive bank restoration in Mount Vernon.
During the virtual hearing, which will begin at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, the Agency will give a short presentation on the application and answer questions from the public. A hearing will immediately follow, during which the public can submit comments on the record about the application. Citizens who want to participate must register in advance for the meeting.
The application proposes to stabilize and restore a portion of the left descending bank of the Kokosing River along Phillips Drive. If approved, discharges from the activity would result in degradation to, or lowering of, the water quality of the Kokosing River. Proposed degradation of water quality would be offset through appropriate mitigation. Ohio EPA will consider technical, economic, social, and environmental aspects of the project before deciding whether to issue or deny the certification.
Written comments may be submitted during the virtual public hearing, or emailed to the attention of Bonita Dennis at epa.dswcomments@epa.ohio.gov, or via mail to Ohio EPA-DSW, Attn: Permits Processing Unit, P.O. Box 1049, Columbus, Ohio 43216-1049. All comments received at the virtual hearing or via mail by close of business Oct. 6, will be considered by Ohio EPA prior to final action on this proposal.
Marietta College enrolls approximately 375 new students in Fall of 2020
MARIETTA, OHIO (09/17/2020)-- When in-person classes began for the 2020 Fall Semester, Marietta College welcomed approximately 375 new students who are studying in one of the more than 50 majors or have chosen to not declare a major.
Spencer Bills of Howard, Ohio (43028), is majoring in Undecided and is a graduate of Mount Vernon High School.
Madison Cecil of Centerburg, Ohio (43011), is majoring in Health Science and is a graduate of Highland High School.
Jacob Priest of Frazeysburg, Ohio (43822), is majoring in Petroleum Engineering and is a graduate of Tri-Valley High School.
Located in Marietta, Ohio, at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio rivers, Marietta College is a four-year liberal arts college. Tracing its roots to the Muskingum Academy back in 1797, the College was officially chartered in 1835. Today Marietta College serves a body of 1,200 full-time students. The College offers more than 50 majors and is consistently ranked as one of the top regional comprehensive colleges by U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review, as well as one of the nation's best by Forbes.com. Marietta was selected seventh in the nation according to the Brookings Institution's rankings of colleges by their highest value added, regardless of major.
Thomas J. Evans Foundation Helps Central Ohio Technical College Secure New Building
NEWARK, Ohio, September 16, 2020 — Central Ohio Technical College (COTC) has found a much-needed future home for its Institute for Public Safety. The Thomas J. Evans Foundation recently purchased the former JBA building at 1000 Sharon Valley Road, Newark, and arranged a charitable lease with the college. The 6500-square-foot building will be named Thomas J. Evans Hall to pay tribute to the longstanding and exceptional partnership between the college and the Evans Foundation.
With the ongoing renovation of COTC’s Pataskala campus at 8660 E. Broad St., Reynoldsburg, which will greatly expand classroom and laboratory space at the facility, the college was searching for a new home for its Institute for Public Safety, which had previously been housed at the campus. Thomas J. Evans Hall, situated less than one mile from the college’s Newark campus, will provide convenient access to expanded educational offerings for the Institute. COTC is in the beginning stages of planning long-term renovations to realize the building’s future potential.
