[CPEO-BIF] East Junior High School, East Liverpool, Ohio

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

East End site eyed as possible Brownfield project


by JO ANN BOBBY-GILBERT
Lisbon Morning Journal (OH)
October 8, 2018

EAST LIVERPOOL - The former East Junior High School property on Maryland Avenue is being proposed as a potential Brownfield site, which would result in the property being cleared for eventual development.

Service-Safety Brian Allen said the city is working through OMEGA to obtain grant funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to have the property declared a Brownfield, which refers to sites that have been developed but abandoned and contaminated with low levels of hazardous wastes, in this case asbestos. 

Allen said OMEGA needs five sites in order to apply for the funding. 

If declared a Brownfield, the former school building would be demolished in an environmentally safe manner, due to the asbestos in the structure, Allen said. Once the property is cleared, it could be marketed for development.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.morningjournalnews.com/news/local-news/2018/10/east-end-site-eyed-as-possible-brownfield-project/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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