[CPEO-BIF] Midtown Cleveland (Ohio) agreement

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Ohio EPA, city of Cleveland reach agreement on cleanup plan for Midtown site

By SCOTT SUTTELL
Crain's Cleveland Business (OH)
November 24, 2010

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the city of Cleveland have 
worked together to get a brownfield site in the city's Midtown 
neighborhood ready for commercial or industrial reuse.

Ohio EPA officials said in a news release that the agency has issued a 
"covenant not to sue" to Cleveland for cleaning up a 0.75-acre site at 
East 55th Street and Euclid Avenue. The covenant not to sue completes 
the city's participation in the Ohio EPA's Voluntary Action Program, in 
which property owners take the initiative to identify and clean up 
on-site contamination.

The vacant site once housed a variety of commercial operations, 
including a fixture company, lathe and machine company, and a tin and 
print shop, according to the Ohio EPA.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20101124/FREE/101129947

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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