2015 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 10:58:02 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] "Redevelopment of Hoover site faces potential new EPA hurdles, " North Canton, Ohio
 
Redevelopment of Hoover site faces potential new EPA hurdles

Mixed results from soil, air tests have redevelopment company meeting with federal officials, could require additional work

By Bob Downing 
Akron Beacon Journal (OH)
August 23, 2015 

NORTH CANTON: It seems the industrial past of the mammoth old Hoover Co. plant continues to haunt the site.

As the effort to redevelop the former plant moves forward, testing of soil and air submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has produced mixed results.

Maple Street Commerce, which is redeveloping the 88-acre site in the heart of North Canton, said tests show chemical impacts in soil below a building that exceed federal screening levels, while indoor air samples collected above the same location under screening levels.

The company plans to meet with federal officials in early September to determine what, if any, additional work needs to be done to address the conflicting results.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.ohio.com/news/local/redevelopment-of-hoover-site-faces-potential-new-epa-hurdles-1.618425

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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