The is trying to rally support to fund the removal of the Gorge Dam on the in Summit County.
The agency, along with local partners, needs to raise 35 percent of the project鈥檚 cost before it can go forward.
Spokeswoman Lindey Amer says, even if the matching funds are raised, the federal government decides the additional funding in a competitive process.
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The Ohio EPA would like to have the Gorge Dam removal project approved by 2019. That timetable would coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Cuyahoga River fire, which helped spark the creation of the .