Wednesday, July 07, 1999
Grants for 'innovative' Mill Creek solutions
BY PAUL BARTON
Enquirer Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — A Cincinnati environmental group received $260,000 in federal grants Tuesday to try “innovative approaches” to dealing with the long-standing flooding, water quality and environmental problems associated with the Mill Creek.
The grants, coming from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), will go to the Mill Creek Restoration Project.
They were announced by Reps. Rob Portman, R-Terrace Park, and Steve Chabot, R-Cincinnati.
The money comes as Congress is considering an additional appropriation of close to $1 million to deal with Mill Creek problems.
Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, got the money included in a major federal spending bill.
Robin Corathers, executive director of the Mill Creek project, said both the EPA grants and the money that Mr. Voinovich sought provide funding for new approaches to the Mill Creek's problems, instead of the old emphasis on pouring concrete for dams and channels.
“There is more emphasis now on ecology, what's good for the environment,” she said. “The Mill Creek Restoration Project is interested in green solutions.”
The grants come just a few months before the federal EPA is expected to establish new storm-water runoff regulations for urban areas such as Cincinnati.
The regulations, expected at the end of October, will affect close to 40 communities in the Tristate, as well as construction operations.
The Mill Creek is failing to meet federal water quality standards.
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