Remedial Action Plans (RAPs)

Lake Erie provides drinking water to over 11 million people. Four rivers in Ohio that flow into Lake Erie have been identified as being so polluted that they have become Areas of Concern (AOCs). Local groups have formed in these areas to develop Remedial Action Plans (RAPs) to help clean up the pollution. The local groups are a partnership of governmental agencies, industries, and concerned citizens.

The Cleveland Office provides liaisons to represent US EPA and participate in the cleanup process for the Black, Cuyahoga, and Maumee RAPs.

Ashtabula River

Danielle Green (green.danielle@epa.gov) 312-886-7594
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency RAP Coordinator
Contacts

Black River

Ken Pearce (kpearce@loraincountyhealth.com), 440-322-6367 - Chairman
Ted Conlin (ted.conlin@epa.state.oh.us), 330-963-1131 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency RAP Coordinator
Anne Marie Vincent (vincent.annemarie@epa.gov), 440-250-1720 - US EPA RAP Liaison

Cuyahoga River

Joseph Koncelik (jkoncelik@frantzward.com), 216-515-1659 - Chairman
James White (white @mpo.noaca.org ), 216-241-2414 extension 307 - Cuyahoga River RAP Executive Director
Kelvin Rogers (kelvin.rogers@epa.state.oh.us), 330-963-1117 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency RAP Coordinator
Mark Moloney (moloney.mark@epa.gov), 440-250-1709 - US EPA RAP Liaison

Maumee River

Patrick Lawrence, (PLawren2@UTNet.UToledo.Edu), 419-530-4128 - Chair, University of Toledo
Cherie Blair, (cherie.blair@epa.state.oh.us), 419-373-3010 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency RAP Coordinator
David Barna, (barna.david@epa.gov), 440-250-1708 - US EPA RAP Liaison

Mahoning River Consortium (MRC)

RAP-like organizations have formed in other Ohio watersheds. One such watershed group is the Mahoning River Consortium (MRC). The MRC was formed in 1995 and is working with federal, state and local authorities, as well as citizen groups to clean up and promote the river. The basin drains approximately 1,073 square miles in Ohio before entering Pennsylvania and joining with the Shenango to form the Beaver River, a tributary of the Ohio River.