Ex-AK Steel site, 3 other brownfield sites receive funding

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — Four brownfield sites in the Miami Valley are receiving funding to be revitalized.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced Friday that four local brownfield sites would receive funding for either assessment, clean up or remediation. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a brownfield site is a property proposed for redevelopment or reuse, and could have a “hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.”

“There is no easy way to clean up the contamination at these sites; they all need expert remediation that’s too costly for communities to take on alone,”

Brownfield Site: Butler County

A former AK Steel Research Facility in Butler County is set to receive $3,117,090 to clean up and remediate the location. According to DeWine, the facility has “significant asbestos and universal waste contamination.”

Upon completion, EI Ceramics is expected to move into the location. The move will add seven jobs and hold the 66 current positions.

Brownfield Sites: Montgomery County

Three sites in Montgomery County will receive funding.

A vacant tire and rubber manufacturing site is receiving $300,000. The location previously had contaminated groundwater including arsenic and “volatile organic compounds.”

At Orbit Sheet Metal, a $300,000 assessment will be conducted to determine how redevelopment of the site could occur.

The ‘Tech Town Keowee and Monument Parking Lots’ project is set to get $154,520 for an assessment. Although a future site at the location could create jobs, an assessment to determine how vapor intrusion could change.

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Precise locations were not provided by DeWine.

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