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The Cuyahoga River in Cleveland has caught fire several times in the past, the most noteworthy being on June 22, 1969, not for the size of the fire - others on the river had been larger - but for the environmental awareness it spurred. The 1969 fire helped lead to the passage of major amendments to the United States Clean Water Act and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency.
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was so heavily polluted with flammable material that it caught fire
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