Brownfields Committee Meeting: Priority List Status Update
SANDUSKY, OH - The May 2010 Sandusky Brownfields Committee meeting is recorded here for the general public. This was intended to be a status update of covering activity updates on the “Priority List” properties throughout the city, with the introduction of one new location that came to the attention of the committee through Carrie Handy (Sandusky [...]
Brownfields Revisited: Master Plan | Podcast
SANDUSKY, OH - The Erie Wire attended the two most recent meetings of the Sandusky City Brownfields Committee (BFC) where after attention from local entrepreneurs Bob Waldock and Lance Warner – in the interest of the DC Filter site – the 2010 committee was set in motion. In March the BFC revisited an option to obtain [...]
Bechtel-Mclaughlin Podcast
SANDUSKY, OH – The Erie Wire interviews expert Bob Haag of Haag Environmental, and lifelong public health advocate, Earl McKinney, while looking further into the history of the pollution caused by the metal plating facility, Bechtel Mclaughlin, Inc., previously located off of Route 250 where a Menards now stands. (Note: this recording may take a [...]
Brownfields: A Laissez-Faire Approach to Environmental Cleanup
SANDUSKY, OH – Brownfield Development in our communities is coordinated through state-funded agencies to help encourage private development in post-industrial regions. It focuses on the cleanup of sites that are less contaminated than Superfund sites, but still pose a threat to human health and the environment if the soil, sediment, groundwater and surface water haven’t [...]
The Keller Building Tour
SANDUSKY, OH - The Keller Building Proposals were presented by Ruth and Bob Haag to the Sandusky City Commission at the beginning of May. The Commission voted to go ahead with the David Williams proposal. 1. A Phase I assessment was already performed, by Environmental Design Group (EDG), for the Keller, Chesapeake and Tricor properties. Haag [...]
Coal Tar Plume – Abiding by the Clean Water Act: How is Erie County Regulating Water Pollutants?
See Recent Article & Podcast This recording took place after the Sandusky City Commission voted 5-2 to terminate their contract with Haag Environmental Company to help pay for John Hancock’s salary ($90,000), the new part-time city Director of Planning, Engineering & Development. It is meant to enlighten the perspective about the Brownfield Program within the city, [...]
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