[CPEO-BIF] Intermet site, Ironton, Ohio

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Cleaning up the old Intermet site would be boost for Ironton, region
[That's Intermet, not Internet]

Huntington Herald Dispatch (WV)
August 6, 2007

In the world of industrial development, there are greenfield sites and 
there are brownfield sites. A greenfield is a piece of land that has not 
been used for industrial purposes. In most cases, it has been used for 
homes or farms. The Toyota plant in Putnam County and the Sun Coke plant 
at Haverhill, Ohio, were built on greenfield sites.

A brownfield is a site that has been used for industry in the past. In 
most cases, a brownfield site has some sort of chemical or other 
contamination left behind by previous owners.

Perhaps the best brownfield site in the Tri-State is the former Intermet 
Ironton Iron site in Ironton. At one time, hundreds of people worked 
there making parts for the transportation and rail industries. The 
entire site is about 24 acres, and it had 17 of those acres under roof.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070806/OPINION/708060311/1034

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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