[CPEO-BIF] RB&W slurry wall, Kent, Ohio

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Update: City Will Pay to Diagnose Problem at RB&W Site

As part of state grant request, city will partner with property owner  
to determine chemical leaching problem at Mogadore Road property

By Matt Fredmonsky
Kent Patch (OH)
November 14, 2011

The reclamation of the former RB&W property on Mogadore Road is going  
to cost the city if it wants to buy the land and help redevelop it.

City officials have agreed to partner with the property's owner,  
Thomas & Betts Corp. of Memphis, TN, to conduct a "failure  
investigation" to find the cause of increased contaminants in  
groundwater at the 18-acre site.

Both the city and Thomas & Betts have agreed to spend up to $75,000  
each on the investigation, which is expected to cost a minimum of  
$125,000.


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For the entire article, see
http://kent.patch.com/articles/city-will-pay-to-diagnose-problem-at- 
rb-w-site

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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