[CPEO-BIF] New Boston Coke Plant and Steel Mill site, New Boston, Ohio

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

SOPA seeking funds for experimental clean-up


By RYAN SCOTT OTTNEY
Portsmouth Daily Times (OH)
May 3, 2012

Members of the Southern Ohio Port Authority (SOPA) met in a special  
meeting Wednesday afternoon to accept a parcel of land and apply for  
a grant from the Ohio Department of Development to participate in a  
pilot program to remediate the site.

The site is 2.2 acres of land still contaminated from the New Boston  
Coke Plant and Steel Mill. Members of the SOPA Board voted  
unanimously to accept the land from the Scioto County Court of Common  
Pleas with the understanding that the Board is not liable for the  
contaminates already on the site.

After voting to accept the land, the SOPA Board also voted  
unanimously to apply for a $200,000 grant through the Ohio Department  
of Development’s Brownfield Restoration Fund. If approved, the Board  
will use this grant to participate in an experimental pilot program  
with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to remediate the site.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/view/full_story/18438702/article- 
SOPA-seeking-funds-for-experimental-clean-up

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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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