TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) – State authorities are investigating whether any regulations were violated when fertilizer leaked into a Henry County creek, which resulted in a massive fish kill along an 11-mile stretch of the Maumee River.
A joint statement released Thursday from the various agencies involved in the spill response said the Ohio Department of Agriculture issued a cease-and-desist to require owners of the fertilizer storage tanks that leaked to stop using them.
Investigators previously determined that fertilizer from Triway Nitrogen likely leaked from Farmers Elevator Associates’ property into the creek…