[CPEO-BIF] Ray-O-Vac battery site, Lancaster, OH

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

City receives grant to rehab old battery plant site

By Carl Burnett Jr.
Lancaster Eagle-Gazette (OH)
November 19, 2010



LANCASTER - The cleanup of a former battery plant and brownfield site on 
South Ewing Street will begin after a grant was approved Friday by the 
Clean Ohio Council.

The council on Friday approved a grant totaling $1,477,238 with a 25 
percent local match to clean up the site and make it reusable.

"This is another piece of good news for the city," said Lancaster 
Economic Development Director Mike Pettit.

The 5-acre parcel of land, 330 S. Ewing St., which once was the home of 
both Frick-Gallagher and a Ray-O-Vac battery company, was purchased by 
the Lancaster Port Authority in November 2007 for $10,000.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/article/20101119/UPDATES01/101119011

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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>
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