[CPEO-BIF] Middletown Regional Hospital, Ohio

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Agency OKs $1.8M for MRH cleanup
Funds to help with razing and redevelopment at McKnight Drive site.

By Ed Richter
Middletown Journal (OH)
October 31, 2007

MIDDLETOWN - A second try paid off for the Butler County Port Authority 
on Tuesday as the Clean Ohio Revitalization Council reconsidered its 
July decision.

The state agency awarded $1.8 million to help with the demolition and 
brownfield cleanup of the soon-to-be vacated Middletown Regional Hospital.

The offices of Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher and state Rep. Steve Driehaus, 
D-Cincinnati, announced the award, pending approval of the state 
Controlling Board.

The port authority will use the funds for the demolition and remediation 
activities on the McKnight Drive campus.

Future site plans include the construction of 46 to 70 market rate 
housing units and the removal of 110 tons of contaminated soils, 
according to Fisher's release.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.middletownjournal.com/hp/content/oh/story/news/business/2007/10/31/mj103107mrh.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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