[CPEO-BIF] Former steel site, Warren, Ohio

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Ohio EPA gives final OK for 800-acre Warren brownfield, soon to be owned by port authority
Once ready for development, it will be the largest such site in the state's portfolio, port authority CEO John Moliterno said in May.
a day ago 

By Justin Dennis
Mahoning Matters (OH)
July 30, 2021


WARREN — The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has signed off on environmental cleanup work at an 800-acre former industrial site recently donated to the Western Reserve Port Authority, clearing the way for future development.

The Ohio EPA on Thursday issued a “covenant not to sue” for the former RG Steel property along Pine Avenue Southeast, an 800-acre brownfield which owner BDM Warren Steel Holdings recently turned over to the port authority. This action means site owners won't be held liable for any further environmental cleanup at the site.

Environmental attorneys working with the authority noted during the May meeting when port authority officials accepted the property that they expected this final order to be issued this year. But port authority officials acknowledged accepting ownership of the long-defunct steel-making site was a “bit of a leap.”

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For the entire article, see
https://www.mahoningmatters.com/local-news/ohio-epa-gives-final-ok-for-800-acre-warren-brownfield-now-owned-by-port-authority-4182418

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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