[CPEO-BIF] Hooven and Allison Cordage Co. site, Xenia, Ohio

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Xenia wins $2M clean-up grant
After remediation at site, a biofuels firm to build plant.

By Mark Gokavi
Dayton Daily News
November 29, 2011

XENIA - The city of Xenia has been awarded a $1.98 million grant from  
the Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund for demolition and remediation  
activities at the former Hooven and Allison Cordage Co. site.

State Sen. Chris Widener, R- Springfield, announced Tuesday that the  
after remediation of the site at 677 Cincinnati Ave., Xenex BioFuels,  
LLC plans to invest $52 million to develop a portion of the site into  
a state-of-the-art biofuels production center. The facility is  
expected to produce 20 million gallons of biodiesel annually and  
create at least 25 new jobs.

“Job creation is priority number one in the state and we must use  
every tool available to get Ohioans back to work,” Widener said in a  
press release. “Clean Ohio Funds provide a great way to give  
abandoned industrial sites new life and create opportunities for our  
communities.”
Xenia City Manager Jim Percival said site and soil evaluations had to  
be completed before the grant application. He said the entire project  
is estimated at $3 million and that a federal Environmental  
Protection Agency grant could help clean up underground storage tanks.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/xenia-wins-2m-clean- 
up-grant-1291689.html

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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
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