[CPEO-BIF] Former Cooper Tire site, Bowling Green, Ohio

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Ohio EPA seeks public comments on plan to address remediate former Cooper Tire site

Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune (OH)
November 30, 2017 

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect the history of contamination of the site before it was obtained by Cooper.

The preferred plan to address the former Cooper Tire and Rubber Company property in Bowling Green will be the subject of an Ohio EPA public meeting on Dec. 13 at Ohio EPA’s Northwest District Office, 347 North Dunbridge Road.

The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. During the information session, Ohio EPA representatives will present details and answer questions about the preferred plan. During the hearing, which will immediately follow the information session, the public can submit comments for the record regarding the plan.

Cooper Standard Automotive purchased the 25-acre site at 1175 North Main St., Bowling Green, from Cooper Tire and Rubber Co. in 2004. The property had been used by Cooper Tire to manufacture rubber hoses and seals for the automotive industry. Other businesses used the site for manufacturing before Cooper Tire began operations. Trichloroethylene (TCE), a common industrial solvent, is the primary contaminant being addressed by the preferred plan.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.sent-trib.com/news/local/ohio-epa-seeks-public-comments-on-plan-to-address-contamination/article_5497b3da-1e27-569e-9d43-559042b47901.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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