AVON LAKE, OH -- Members of the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are on scene at Lake Erie by Avon Lake after a chemical leak at the Ford plant. The Ohio EPA learned of the leak on Sunday, and it was stopped.

FOX8 reported that as much as 5,000 gallons of a rust-proofing material leaked, after a valve failure, into a storm sewer. North winds may have played a role in keeping the leak contained in a small bay, the EPA told FOX8.

The chemical leaked is a painting solution used in E-coating, a process when an auto part is dipped into a solution, then uses an electric voltage to seal the coat to the part. The E-coat material was stored in a 50,000-gallon tank.