Citizen Pollution Watch

10/13/2026

PLEASE make your voice heard at the OEPA Public Hearing regarding the renewal permit for the Scioto Materials asphalt plant at 6187 Westerville Road, just south of I-270 on October 21 at 6pm at the Westerville Community Center. For more information, check out the flyer below and visit CitizenPollutionWatch.org.

09/30/2026

HEAR YE, HEAR YE!

Remember how those of us impacted by the asphalt plant submitted 100 comments recently to the OEPA that compelled the agency to hold a public hearing? WE HAVE THE DATE OF THE HEARING (see below). NOTE: The agency is ALSO extending the public comment period (see below).

MAKING A PUBLIC COMMENT BY OCT 21, 2026:

A public comment period will run through Oct 21, 2026. Written comments submitted after this date may not be considered. You can submit comments at the public hearing, by mail to Ohio EPA-DAPC-CDO, 50 West Town St, Suite 700, Columbus, OH 43215 or online at https:/ohioepa.commentinput.com (search for: Scioto Materials LLC - P0140330).

PUBLIC HEARING INFO:

A public hearing will be held at 06:00 PM on Oct 21, 2026, at the Westerville Community Center, 350 N. Cleveland Ave., Westerville, OH 43082. The meeting will include a short, recorded presentation on the permitting process and the FEPTIO, followed by a public hearing. During the hearing, you may provide comments for the official record. Speaker times may be limited to accommodate all persons present who wish to provide comments.

Note that public comments submitted during the previous comment period for the draft permit, which ended on Aug 1, 2026, remain in the official record for consideration and do not need to be resubmitted.

Ohio EPA is committed to providing access and inclusion and reasonable accommodation in its services, activities, programs, and employment opportunities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other applicable laws. To request a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please contact Naquetta V. Porter, ADA, EEO, and Nondiscrimination Coordinator, 440.975.6801 (call or text) or [email protected], as soon as possible before the event.

08/19/2026

We did it!! The OEPA received 100 public comments in regards to the Scioto Materials asphalt plant, and the plant's air permit 5 year renewal. Consequently, the agency WILL be holding a public hearing on this issue in the fall of 2026.

The agency will give us a 30 day notice of when this meeting will be held. When we have a date, we will send out a SAVE THE DATE, and then let's fill the room and let the OEPA know that things HAVE to change at this 600,000 ton a year asphalt production plant.

GREAT JOB EVERYONE!

08/01/2026

Have you submitted your public comment yet? Today is the last day to do so. Check the comments for the CPW Public Comment Toolkit and a link to the Ohio EPA's website to submit your comment. Please make your voice heard!

07/30/2026

07/29/2026

Please watch and share with your neighbors in Westerville, Blendon Township, and NE Columbus! And please submit a public comment to the Ohio EPA and ask for a public hearing about this plant's draft renewal permit.

07/29/2026

After more than 20 years of residents raising concerns over a local asphalt plant, they now have the chance to make their voices heard. https://nbc4i.co/4pFZiby?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_NBC4

07/29/2026

Have you submitted your comment yet?

Residents of Westerville, Blenden Township and Columbus say a noxious odor they believe is coming from a manufacturing plant on Westerville Road and Interstate

07/28/2026

ANNOUNCEMENT:

FOR THOSE IN WESTERVILLE, BLENDON TWP, NE COLUMBUS, HUBER RIDGE, MINERVA PARK, ETC.:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zepbX6RFoI0

Please share this story and help us get word out about anyone and everyone submitting an OEPA public comment regarding the large 600,000 ton a year Scioto Materials asphalt plant that operates at 270 and Rt 3 at the border of Columbus and Westerville, Ohio.

The polluting plant has submitted its 5 year air permit renewal to the OEPA. The OEPA wants to hear from YOU.

To make your public comment, visit www.CitizenPollutionWatch.org

1. Send your comment to the OEPA. It's easy.

2. Ask the OEPA to grant our community a public hearing that takes place in Westerville or Blendon Twp, a neighborhood being impacted by the Scioto Materials asphalt pollution

3. Ask the OEPA for a public comment extension for introducing this during a holiday (July 4, 2026), when Westerville city council and Otterbein students are on break, and because the OEPA comment portal was not functioning properly for some submitting comments.

And please share, share, share

Westerville residents voice concerns over asphalt plantWatch more...

07/28/2026

We just got word that tonight at 6 p.m., NBC4 Columbus is running a segment about the Scioto Materials asphalt plant on Westerville Road. Please watch if you can, and we will post the video when it is available online. They interviewed Citizen Pollution Watch founder and activist, Jenny Morgan, today. Please share this message with anyone you know in Westerville, Blendon Township, and NE Columbus. And if you haven't already submitted comments to the Ohio EPA, we strongly urge you to do so (and also request a public hearing, please!) by 8-1 at 11:59pm. Photo below by GaryGardiner of WestervilleOH.IO.