[CPEO-BIF] AK Steel, Ashland, Kentucky

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

After the smoke clears
Faced with AK Steel's closing, Ashland has a model of success along the 
Ohio River in what can be done to rebuild - and revive

KATIE BRANDENBURG
Ashland Daily Independent (KY)
January 16, 2011


ASHLAND - Among worries about lost jobs that took the forefront when AK 
Steel announced the closure of Ashland's coke plant in December was the 
concern about what will happen to the land where the coke plant sits 
once the plant closes.

Land that has been used for industrial purposes can sometimes be 
difficult to reuse after that industry is gone. The land can become a 
brownfield - a piece of property where expansion, redevelopment or reuse 
can be complicated by the presence or potential presence of hazardous 
substances, pollutants or contaminants, according to the Environmental 
Protection Agency.

...

For the entire article, see
http://dailyindependent.com/local/x530791900/After-the-smoke-clears

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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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