[CPEO-BIF] Industrial Excess Landfill , Uniontown, Ohio - for sale

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Toxic dump for sale for $15,000 per acre

U.S. EPA's severe limits on use of Uniontown site might put damper on 
chance of a transaction

By Bob Downing
Akron Beacon Journal (OH)
December 18, 2009

UNIONTOWN: A federal Superfund site, contaminated but slightly cleaner, 
is for sale.

Any new owners will be severely limited in what they can do at the 
now-closed Industrial Excess Landfill off Cleveland Avenue Northwest.

The 31.4 acres for sale cannot be used for residential development, 
excavating is not allowed and the ground water cannot be used under deed 
restrictions ordered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

In addition, any use of the property that cannot be supported by a risk 
assessment, might interfere with the current cleanup or approved by the 
EPA is also banned.

A for-sale sign went up this week and the property is being offered by 
Putman Properties, based in Plain Township. The asking price: $470,000, 
said Timothy Putman.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.ohio.com/news/79595562.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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org



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